mmWave radar, you won't see it coming

Re:mmWave radar, you won't see it coming by imnotlost on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @11:48PM (#30173845)

Privacy is a political/legal problem, not a technology problem.

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Re:mmWave radar, you won't see it coming by argomo on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @02:08AM (#30174684)

A cryptopunk would say just the opposite: that privacy is a technical problem that, properly solved, alleviates us of political concerns.

Both views seem to miss the mark. The crypto folks see mathematical certitude while ignoring the dynamics of the social/legal context in which it must operate. By contrast, those who argue that "artifacts don't have politics" would absolve technologists of an ethical duty to consider how their products impact society.

In short, privacy required both technical and legal protections as well as a society that demands it as a fundamental human right

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Re:mmWave radar, you won't see it coming by finite_jest on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @03:17AM (#30175064)

Right, and a standard response to cryptopunk fundamentalism is pointing at rubber-hose cryptoanalysis [1].

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber-hose_cryptanalysis

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Re:mmWave radar, you won't see it coming by finite_jest on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @12:09AM (#30173976)

It is a technological problem too. Telegram has a much better UI/UX than Signal, and not having end-to-end encryption by default is part of the reason.

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Re:mmWave radar, you won't see it coming by transpute on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @08:14PM (#30187005)

Wire has a good UI/UX with always-on E2EE.

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Re:mmWave radar, you won't see it coming by hornej on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @12:04AM (#30173935)

technology is a political/legal problem. the printing press, gunpowder, the internet. technology has always been in the middle of political/legal problems.

can't be evil > don't be evil.

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