RE: [projectvrm] Privacy is not dead: Microsoft lawyer prepares to take on US government | Technology | The Guardian

["T.Rob" < >]

+1++

 

(That's a tip o' the hat to the programmers who are working on the stronger technology.)

 

Kind regards,

-- T.Rob

 

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Adrian Gropper
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2014 17:52 PM
To: John Wunderlich
Cc: ProjectVRM list
Subject: Re: [projectvrm] Privacy is not dead: Microsoft lawyer prepares to take on US government | Technology | The Guardian

 

This article is a great summary. The picture caption says it all:

"Brad Smith, Microsoft’s general counsel, says people will only use technology they can trust and that the only way forward is either through stronger technology or better laws."

Apple has fired the first shot on the stronger technology side: neither the corporation nor the FBI can get to your data and whatever data sharing does happen is pairwise pseudonymous by design. The recently finalized FIDO Alliance specs http://fidoalliance.org/ are another example of strong technology based on pairwise pseudonymity and private keys only you have.

Stronger technology and better laws are not mutually exclusive. But, given the quality of our politics these days we could easily have "stronger technology and worse laws".

Adrian

 

On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 3:13 PM, John Wunderlich < " target="_blank"> > wrote:

A cynical person might suggest that the extent to which a company believes 'privacy is dead' appears to be correlated to the source of their revenue.

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/14/privacy-is-not-dead-microsoft-lawyer-brad-smith-us-government



Fat fingered from a portable device...disregard errurs

John Wunderlich
Privacist

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