[HacktionLab] We need to talk about Facebook

[Ben Green]

Quoting Alan Dawson <aland at burngreave.net>:

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> http://www.newstatesman.com/media/2012/11/facebook-and-google-know-we-value-conformity-more-our-privacy
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> Facebook and Google know that we value conformity more than our privacy

Good article. That statement is far too damning of the human race, we  
use insecure forms of communication because we value communication,  
not conformity. We accepted an insecure land line phone network with  
designed in tap in point, and we all purchased newspapers from our  
local newsagents without disguise, we accepted an insecure and  
carcinogenic mobile phone network for the same reason.

We need to remember that these organisation rarely use their tech to  
hassle us as individuals, but to control us as a whole. It is on that  
level that we must not acquiesce.


IMHO,
Cheers,
Ben