Big Uncle: privacy and surveillance
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Big Uncle is a name for the concept of “benevolent security”. Privacy is a dated concept, disappearing fast. People get all tied in a knot over this, but the consequences are only as bad as we let them be. Like any technology, there will be evil applications and there will be good ones. There are upsides: Big Uncle not Big Brother. Who controls which one we get? The people who work in IT: we make either one happen, we are the troops.
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Rob England
The IT Skeptic
Big Uncle
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You are
being
watched
Snowden
is a hero
Power in
the hands
of a few
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The
needle
in a
haystack
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“You have zero privacy
anyway… Get over it.”- Scott McNealy
Privacy
was a
passing
phase
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“a surprising number of
people use webcam
conversations to show
intimate parts of their body
to the other person.”-UK GCHQ report
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Personal
vs social
privacy
True
democracy
has no
place for
anonymity
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“What you can show
throughout history is
that openness and light
has increased the
freedom of people.”- David Brin
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Welcome
to the
global
village
We cede
privacy
for
benefits
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“35 years to
earn the points
to fly from
Sydney to
London.”- Sydney Morning Herald
“…the relentless
destruction of
privacy.”- The Economist
We will
cede
more
not
less
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"Secrets are lies,
sharing is caring, and
privacy is theft.”- The Circle, Dave Eggers
"The most private self is
like the photographic
negative that's erased
when exposed to the
light.”- Josh Cohen
• Target pregnant teen
• Facebook experiment
• Google Glass
• Back doors in Cisco
and Huawei
• UK DRIP bill
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• Snowden
• The Intercept
• Right to be forgotten
It is
up to
us
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Big
Uncle?
Rob England
www.twohills.co.nz
Big Uncle
