Will going Offline be the next big boom?

dmnEPC

dmnEPC

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Hardly a second goes by without the .gov spying on you. People are beginning to awaken to the idea that the .gov is tracking everything you do. This leads me to wonder what the next big revelation in tech be Privacy?

With everyone pushing cloud base services (adobe, xbox latest to join the party) which are easy pickings for any 3 letter agency to access the data. Business's are reluctant to give up the security of having on site storage for fear of what prying eyes may be peaking.

So where do we go from here? In 10 years will people be concerned about their privacy? Or will they have just given into the tyranny? My guess is after 30 years of mainstream internet use people will realize how the internet will come back and bite them in the ass. Even with all the .gov spying, people should be just as concerned about the things they post or their friends post.

So what kind of opportunities will exist?

A internet delete button?
Online/Offline devices?
Offline only services?
Snail Mail gaining a resurgence as people realize it cant be spied on.
Private Secure storage?

The list goes on and on. Am I way off in thinking there is going to be a major pullback in what people are willing to share? Or will it just be a major free for all?
 


I find it funny that people complain about the lack of privacy but post every little detail about themselves on facebook, check in with foursquare, use credit cards purchases for everything then get their panties in a bunch when the government has a call log of who they called.
 
I think there will be a movement for freedom and liberty. It may not be a movement away from the internet perse'.

It might be akin to how im seeking non gmo foods but im not abstaining from food itself.

A revolution is coming that will hopefully castrate the govt. , abolish the IRS(pieces of fucking shit), stop it with the policing of the world, and just chill the fuck out for a while.

When a football team is struggling the coach doesnt keep throwing complicated play at them, he goes back to the basics.

for us it will be freedom from tyranny, booze and hookers, not necessarily in that order.
 
Let's say for arguments sake that the .gov stopped spying on us tomorrow. As the internet matures and people figure out that it's forever, will people begin to pull their privacy back?
 
Old ideas always seem to become new again if you wait long enough. I for one am looking forward to the eventual cloud backlash and personal computing 2.0.
 
Sounds like a good business model is in there. Offer a service that muddies the waters by mixing in dummy data in with your Google and Facebook accounts. Offer a service that repurchases shit online with a master account so that nothing is tied to individual customers. There's got to be a few clever ideas for privacy apps on phones too. Or just market a privacy e-book for $37 (only 9 copies left!!1!!!) I'm sure there will be a market for people that want privacy, and shit like this NSA "news" just makes it more widespread. There's nothing you can do to stop them, so at least try to monetize it.
 
Unarmed Gunman said:
Sounds like a good business model is in there. Offer a service that muddies the waters by mixing in dummy data in with your Google and Facebook accounts. Offer a service that repurchases shit online with a master account so that nothing is tied to individual customers. There's got to be a few clever ideas for privacy apps on phones too. Or just market a privacy e-book for $37 (only 9 copies left!!1!!!) I'm sure there will be a market for people that want privacy, and shit like this NSA "news" just makes it more widespread. There's nothing you can do to stop them, so at least try to monetize it.
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The privacy book's could be a huge hit indeed. If someone could pull off a decent ebook on how to get your privacy back I'm sure they could hit a few mill here and there.

PS: Not saying its going to be me but It's going to be me.
 
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The privacy book's could be a huge hit indeed. If someone could pull off a decent ebook on how to get your privacy back I'm sure they could hit a few mill here and there.
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Edit: My snarkiness is invalidated by your edit.
 
I think we'll just continue taking it up the ass while we're all preoccupied with the important things in life -- like Justin Beiber's new haircut.
 
SHGDigitalMedia said:
I find it funny that people complain about the lack of privacy but post every little detail about themselves on facebook, check in with foursquare, use credit cards purchases for everything then get their panties in a bunch when the government has a call log of who they called.
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The argument against this issue goes much deeper than privacy. I conduct myself online the same way I would offline and purposefully do little to conceal my identity. Like many, I have little to hide but that does not make me okay with the government standing post on every method of digital communication and transaction.

The only difference between this and having to show your identification to an armed guard every time you get in your car to travel, purchase a product from a retailer or engage in a conversation with your neighbor is that this is automated and less apparent.

Most disturbing is that the level of "freedom" my children will grow to know is relative to issues like these. By experience, they don't know differently. Implementing a curfew may seem less significant to them than it would to us. And gradually, the oppression escalates.

I can choose to be an idealist and talk about the flaws in recognizing government at all or show little surprise that this is finally being confirmed, but neither of those do much to address the severe implications of this public acknowledgement.

By the U.S. publicly backing this sort of behavior, this further cripples already oppressed peoples in other countries. Globally, the U.S. has taken a side. Charade or not, that holds weight.

If the U.S. sits by and if the internet outrage isn't enough to curb this kind of public declaration, then we lose our ability to get mad the next time the envelop is pushed just under the bar. Again, charade or not, this holds weight.

And for the same reason the U.S. founders deemed it necessary to provide the 2nd amendment, I would argue that the internet should be regarded similarly.

Alternative Tech to Preserve Your Privacy
 
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The privacy book's could be a huge hit indeed. If someone could pull off a decent ebook on how to get your privacy back I'm sure they could hit a few mill here and there.

PS: Not saying its going to be me but It's going to be me.
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How big of a target would you have on your back from the government if you wrote a ebook on how to hide your online footprint / online activity.
 
SHGDigitalMedia said:
How big of a target would you have on your back from the government if you wrote a ebook on how to hide your online footprint / online activity.
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Pretty damn huge. I'm sure if it has some government related bashing in it it would be removed from the e-book stores for some "unknown broken TOS"
 
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