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From: Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com>
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Subject: Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2025 23:55:15 -0300
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D <nospam@example.net> writes:

> On Sun, 16 Feb 2025, Retrograde wrote:
>
>> From the «doom I say» department:
>> Title: Nearly 10 years after Data and Goliath, Bruce Schneier says: Privacy’s still screwed
>> Author: Iain Thomson
>> Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2025 15:44:13 +0000
>> Link: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/02/15/interview_bruce_schneier/
>>
>> 'In 50 years, I think we'll view these business practices like we view
>> sweatshops today'
>>
>> Interview  It has been nearly a decade since famed cryptographer and privacy
>> expert Bruce Schneier released the book Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to
>> Collect Your Data and Control Your World - an examination of how government
>> agencies and tech giants exploit personal data. Today, his predictions feel
>> eerily accurate.…
>>
>
> Yes, it is difficult to be optimistic about privacy in this day and
> age. =(

Legislation has always been slow.  The industry has always taken
advantage of that.  We just need to say no---if we knew how to.
Optimistically, we'll get there, but, of course, by then the industry
will most likely have found another niche somewhere else.