Re:Amazon admits giving police Ring camera footage without c...
by salawat on Thursday July 14, 2022 @09:48AM
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This is correct.
The only person you can control the affairs and effects of is you.
Big data beat the trust out of me. The bigger the dataset, the more likely it is to attract abuse. I started out my computing career with what others described as a near martyr level of dedication to keeping my customers data private. I'm still that, but after working for everyone else in the industry and finding that the moment you give them a scrap of data, you just kicked off a chain of 3 or 4 bulk transfers to people you aren't even aware of...
I can't control them. I can only echo for people the importance of understanding:
no one is nice until proven otherwise. Not even me. Trust only what you have made, or what you yourself have been gifted, and can modify.
The only person you can control the affairs and effects of is you.
Big data beat the trust out of me. The bigger the dataset, the more likely it is to attract abuse. I started out my computing career with what others described as a near martyr level of dedication to keeping my customers data private. I'm still that, but after working for everyone else in the industry and finding that the moment you give them a scrap of data, you just kicked off a chain of 3 or 4 bulk transfers to people you aren't even aware of...
I can't control them. I can only echo for people the importance of understanding: no one is nice until proven otherwise. Not even me. Trust only what you have made, or what you yourself have been gifted, and can modify.