The FAZ has published the article "Information Consumerism - The Price of Hypocrisy" http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/ueberwachung/information-consumerism-the-price-of-hypocrisy-12292374.html. I strongly recommend reading it.
It covers a lot of important points, says that over-reliance on foreign communications infrastructure is no way to boost one's sovereignty, highlights a quote from Microsoft saying that making new forms of communication less secure is inevitable. It argues that we cannot be building insecure communication infrastructure and expect that only Western government would profit from it, that Snowden exposed the shaky foundations of already unsustainable policies, the problems of appliances connected to the internet, and why it does not help to only concentrate on securing e-mails. It writes that Google algorithm keep your email communication both free and accessible to the NSA, and argues that in future the NSA might just be able to buy the data it needs. It makes the point that market logic has replaces morality. The political and moral consequences to information consumerism and about real freedoms.
I also disagree with minor points, but first read it yourself!
Best Regards:, Matthias
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On 20/08/13 14:08, Matthias Kirschner wrote:
I strongly recommend reading it.
Me too. Excellent reading, highly motivating.
Sam.
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