Lesson of the Sony hack: Jump to the erasable Internet
December 19, 2014 00:57
This month's news provides yet another occasion for a friendly public-service reminder to anyone who uses a digital device to say anything to anyone, ever.
Don't do it. Don't email, don't text, don't update, don't send photos.
At least, don't do it if you have any expectation that what you say will remain private -- a sentiment that's usually taken for granted in human communication, but that we should all throw to the winds, at least until we figure out a way to completely rethink how we store and manage our digital data.
Because here's the thing about the digital world that we must remember.
Nothing you say in any form mediated through digital technology -- absolutely nothing at all -- is guaranteed to stay private.
Read more HERE
Don't do it. Don't email, don't text, don't update, don't send photos.
At least, don't do it if you have any expectation that what you say will remain private -- a sentiment that's usually taken for granted in human communication, but that we should all throw to the winds, at least until we figure out a way to completely rethink how we store and manage our digital data.
Because here's the thing about the digital world that we must remember.
Nothing you say in any form mediated through digital technology -- absolutely nothing at all -- is guaranteed to stay private.
Read more HERE
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