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rotflolx Link ParentSo you are trying to distinguish between benevolent and malevolent systems and usages of data collection? I think the issue is that to people in general, data collection is uncomfortable, since...So you are trying to distinguish between benevolent and malevolent systems and usages of data collection?
I think the issue is that to people in general, data collection is uncomfortable, since you're not in control of the systems that monitor you. As monitoring becomes more ubiquitous, the organizations that use the data will also grow and multiply. Even if a system is benevolent by nature, cracks can form for shadier enterprises to take advantage. After all, who's ever heard of massive breaches of confidential data? (haha).
And those breaches were collections of modern data. Imagine if a massive breach of futuristic, all-encompassing medical data was made available on the black-market for anyone to access anonymously? I can understand why people are so hesitant to endorse these systems, or to bunker down and completely reject them. It's a natural response to the fear of something as intimate as your personal privacy being stripped away from you, even if you benefit from positive systems like smarter services, and improved healthcare.
I'm not too sure what the reality of the situation will be, other than that it will certainly get worse before it gets better, if it ever does get better. No system or data vault can be absolutely secured and we don't have a guarantee that the systems will be benevolent to begin with. As well, the population at large seems to not mind issues of privacy, with the consequence free breach of equifax, the absolutely monolithic collection of data that is Facebook, and what may as well be wiretaps in Google Home and Alexa.
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rotflolx Link ParentSo what do you think the problem is as a whole? If data collection is inherently problematic, then what is the solution? It's a necessary tool for many industries such as politics, modern internet...So what do you think the problem is as a whole?
If data collection is inherently problematic, then what is the solution? It's a necessary tool for many industries such as politics, modern internet corporations, and scientific research. So the original article states that the actual symptoms of data collection could manifest in the following:
- Overpriced insurance
- Bank loans denials (or high interests)
- Unaffordable healthcare
- Highly targeted advertising
- Political manipulation
- Simple opportunity cost of opportunity.
And it continues to ask very fearful questions about the future, as technology and social manipulation initiatives continue to improve.
It seems like a larger overarching problem is that of who would be the people to run the systems that collect and manipulate. The article paints a very grim picture of the future, where everyone is intimately known by a system that encompasses the entirety of the modern world, but it doesn't ask how a single government or corporation would reach that point. We have organizations that approach that (Super-corporations like Alphabet and Microsoft, and the Chinese and American Governments), but do you think that the optimal solution would be to prevent those entities from reaching that level of unmitigated control, or to destroy the technologies that would allow them to do it at all?
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rotflolx Link ParentI think that's a slightly different thing from the main topic though. The article OP linked was a essay on the potential of mass data collection as a tool to manipulate and control people who...I think that's a slightly different thing from the main topic though. The article OP linked was a essay on the potential of mass data collection as a tool to manipulate and control people who can't afford to escape those systems of control.
Your example isn't quite the same thing, since I'm assuming that in a consultation, the only information they would have is what you give to them explicitly. Lawyer-client confidentiality would prevent that lawyer from allowing any third-parties to access that.
What I was trying to distinguish was that there isn't any data to delete if it isn't collected to begin with. OP's article paints a dystopic imagining of a future where everything is known about you, to the point where you can be manipulated freely without you even being aware of the manipulation. Rather than be concerned about being able to delete the data after the fact, wouldn't it be better to prevent that collection at all?
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Comment on Your favorite manga? in ~anime
rotflolx LinkKakukaku Shikajika It's about a young girl who wants to become a painter, and finds a old man who forces her to paint for hours a day until she gets accepted into an art school. It's...Kakukaku Shikajika
It's about a young girl who wants to become a painter, and finds a old man who forces her to paint for hours a day until she gets accepted into an art school. It's autobiographical, and the scope of the manga goes well beyond a simple synopsis. Highly recommend.Also everything written by Tatsuki Fujimoto (Fire Punch esp.).
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Comment on What are the best free games for the PC you have found recently? in ~games
rotflolx Link ParentJust to clarify, I believe it gives you 1 character for free as default (Ranger?), has a weekly rotation of 1 character, and you can buy more with in-game currency that can be bought or grinded...Just to clarify, I believe it gives you 1 character for free as default (Ranger?), has a weekly rotation of 1 character, and you can buy more with in-game currency that can be bought or grinded for by playing matches.
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rotflolx Link ParentI don't know if having the right to delete all of your personal data, and having the right to digital privacy can be equated. Growing up, it was mentioned a few times that the internet never...I don't know if having the right to delete all of your personal data, and having the right to digital privacy can be equated. Growing up, it was mentioned a few times that the internet never forgets, and this is probably going to always be true. Someone who is sufficiently motivated and educated will be able to find nearly anything that has existed on the internet, or be able to find someone who can.
But that's a different problem than limiting the amount of data that corporations have access to. With the advent of IoT (Alexa, Google Home, Siri), general internet tracking, and a blending between ISPs and corporations trading information, the right to privacy is distinct from being able to delete information after it's been captured, as the right to privacy is an issue of being able to prevent the data from being captured at all.
Nichijou has 25 20 minute long episodes, but they're broken into sections between 5-15 minutes. You could watch half an episode at a time if you wanted.
It's a slice of life comedy by Kyoani, with some incredibly high production quality. Highly recommend you try watching the first episode to see if you like it.