Individual privacy in the face of artificial intelligence, biometric facial recognition, and big data is increasingly under threat of disappearance from our government, technology companies, and society’s own best intentions. Unnecessary government intrusion into the private lives of citizens in the United States is a right protected by law. Due to extra-governmental advancements in biometrics and facial recognition technology, circumvention of the law is being made possible. Often the desire for additional surveillance technology comes from society’s perceived need for additional security through detection and observation. Long-term implications on individual privacy and the negative consequences of privacy loss from forming a surveillance society will be most damaging to the children and grandchildren of today.
Category: The Future
I think blogging is probably done now.
I have just too many hobbies and as Sir Ken Robinson puts it:
If I take just a few minutes to think about what I would rather do with my free time:
- Read a book with my kid
- Spend time with my wife
- Fix my house
- Study hacks
- Tweet
- Read the news
- Exploit #KRACK on the neighbors Wifi to get a better connection speed
- Borrow Mr. Robot Season 3 from the Internet
- Watch Mr. Robot Season 3
- Delete Mr. Robot Season 3
It’s pretty clear that maintaining a blog is not my strong suit. It’s not my go to. It’s a thing I thought I should do to build a better more robust online presence. Not worth the time commitment.
This is specifically true in light of a narrative essay II had to write now that I’m back attending classes at a university. My desire to not be anonymous on the Internet and my desire to share what I actually think are often contradictory. This either makes me a phony or a sellout. Not sure which, but I can’t let this site just linger.
I setup that Certbot instance and got LetsEncrypt certificates started issuing over 4 months ago. What I have done since then? Certainly not put one on this site…sure I have considered moving it to Azure since I have a sweet deal on space. I could spin up a *nix VM and just make my life easier…. but would it really? I would learn a lot and it would be great…. but…. eh? Why bother.
I can’t use the Internet as a way to promote my technical skills *AND* as a platform for openly sharing my beliefs in equality, social justice, decriminalization of drugs, spirituality, and other topics that have nothing to do with my professional career. I’m locked out of deep sharing online because I too need to pay bills and have to maintain a very distinct professional edge.
TheWayBackMachine still has a lot of wonderful things I shared. I think I may commit this in that direction soon as well. Perhaps a few years from now when I’ve a few more zeros at the end of the account I’ll feel more comfortable sharing openly with the universe once again.
EFF 2017
