WHO KNOWS YOU ARE READING THIS?
I was pleased to see a growing reaction to the reports about Google's accountability. The info giant has reported
how government's around the world lean on them for information about users and push them for censorship.
Since beginning this blog I have written about the
"INFORMATION WARS." This reprises one of the more chilling accounts.
WHO CONTROLS YOUR SEARCH?
like to admit. I acknowledge there is a bit of a stretch here, but it is one we should well consider.
In George Orwell's 1984, aside the from the image of Big Brother watching,
there was indeed the presence of the thought police.
"Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past."
"Thoughtcrime does not entail death, thoughtcrime IS death"
George Orwell
1984
1984
Now to the relevance of this to you and your life here in cyberspace.
Did you know someone is already "interpreting" your thoughts.
Take a few minutes to watch this and consider the consequence.
The tailoring of a search, to your specific parameters, may seem a benefit. But think of the underpinning dynamic. Your information is analyzed and choices are made, ostensibly to assist you, but they are choices that eliminate, prioritize and assume certain values about you, without the benefit of your input.
That appears to be the beginning of a slippery slope.
THE HAUNTING IMAGE
In case you've forgotten, here is a trailer of the movie
that followed Orwell's visionary novel.
Some of you may recall the "free speech movement" and the more recent court cases orbiting around the First Amendment. We have a history of a vigorous defense of liberty and freedom of thought and speech, absolutely.
The age of convenient communication and information brings a world to your keyboard, smart phone or pad. But the glow that comes in the marvelous flow of information and the wondrous world of apps, could occlude a more sinister presence.
Data mining, surveillance of your private chats, and control of the information we voraciously consume could begin to turn against us. We simply need to be mindful, aware, vigilant, and never cede an inch of freedom nor control of what we put into our minds. And we must be diligent about the sources of our information.
"He wondered, as he had many times wondered before, whether he himself was a lunatic. Perhaps a lunatic was simply a minority of one"
"Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimetres inside your skull."
George Orwell
1984
Give it some thought.
See you down the trail.
That appears to be the beginning of a slippery slope.
THE HAUNTING IMAGE
In case you've forgotten, here is a trailer of the movie
that followed Orwell's visionary novel.
The age of convenient communication and information brings a world to your keyboard, smart phone or pad. But the glow that comes in the marvelous flow of information and the wondrous world of apps, could occlude a more sinister presence.
Data mining, surveillance of your private chats, and control of the information we voraciously consume could begin to turn against us. We simply need to be mindful, aware, vigilant, and never cede an inch of freedom nor control of what we put into our minds. And we must be diligent about the sources of our information.
"He wondered, as he had many times wondered before, whether he himself was a lunatic. Perhaps a lunatic was simply a minority of one"
"Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimetres inside your skull."
George Orwell
1984
Give it some thought.
See you down the trail.
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