I really liked this comic strip. As any comic, I take it as a broad generalisation with a certain level of truth behind it.
I do believe in many cases the reason to track more and more user's data has been driven more by greed and commercial opportunities rather than governmental agencies. The real problem is that big tech companies and governmental agencies have exactly the same incentives: collecting more and more user's data.
Exactly. There is another way to read the comic strip: from right to left. :) Although it's backwards, but it might be closer to the conventional wisdom.
I agree with the demand and supply equation. But I wish the alternative ways that don't require centralized data storage or processing become easy enough that they become the detault.
I really liked this comic strip. As any comic, I take it as a broad generalisation with a certain level of truth behind it.
I do believe in many cases the reason to track more and more user's data has been driven more by greed and commercial opportunities rather than governmental agencies. The real problem is that big tech companies and governmental agencies have exactly the same incentives: collecting more and more user's data.
Exactly. There is another way to read the comic strip: from right to left. :) Although it's backwards, but it might be closer to the conventional wisdom.
Is there a solution? Everyone wants information (not wisdom) and knowing a lot of things is a status signal. There demand, hence the supply.
I agree with the demand and supply equation. But I wish the alternative ways that don't require centralized data storage or processing become easy enough that they become the detault.