The Dark Side of Encryption
Increased encryption is drawing scrutiny as it disables organizations that work to filter and block imagery showing the sexual abuse of children.
Privacy vs Security is a conundrum. In most cases, to achieve privacy means implementing tools that prevent or preclude security. To achieve security and protection against threats, the trade off for the user is sacrificing privacy. By its very nature, privacy entails eliminating the ability for a user’s web surfing, email, texting, social media and app activity to be monitored. Security requires such activities to be monitored and inspected to provide protection against cyber threats.
A user won’t be able to have both complete privacy and complete security, so when it comes to choosing between privacy vs security, they must decide which compromises they are willing to make. Will they sacrifice some privacy in exchange for security? Or, will they exchange the risk of cyber threats, viruses, and ransomware for better privacy?
The Privacy vs Security Conundrum
Today’s world of hyperconnectivity positions privacy vs security as one of the most fiercely contested global debates. Can you have both without compromise?
Consumer Privacy Legislation for the U.S. What Else Does 2019 Have in Store?
We’re only just beginning to understand how mass data surveillance systems and data privacy impacts us. Will GDPR-like regulation come to the U.S. in 2019? It will require time to craft legislation, achieve some level of adoption, and put it up for a vote—but what’s next?
Greater Online Privacy Control Coming Soon for Consumers
Consumers will soon know exactly how much of their personal information is being collected online, by whom, and may one day be able to correct errors or opt-out entirely from such activity. The name of the game is “privacy” and thanks to a combination of recent investigative reporting and pressure from advocacy groups, regulatory entities and politicians, the urgency to reach this point is now mainstream news.