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One thing we keep getting wrong: Privacy is a *human* right. Not a corporate right. Not a government right.
Corporations and governments, tools that – in theory at least – exist to serve the people, must be transparent and accountable.
Instead, today, we have the opposite: We give corporations and governments privacy and expect absolute transparency from everyday people. That’s broth for fascism.
@aral In many ways it just IS fascism but we've been soaking in it, and literally embracing it as "innovation" and as a "service," for so long many of us don't realize it.
@aral Exactly.
It’s the government and the corporations who should be transparent to the public.
That’s where the surveillance equipment SHOULD be pointing.
@aral I’m not a lawyer so I may not get this just right. But privacy needs to be an “inalienable” right. As I understand it “alienable” rights are things like copyright. You can give it/assign to someone else. You can sell it. Privacy needs to be a human right that cannot be sold or licensed or traded for money. It needs to always belong to the person.
@aral ⏫ I think all corporations should be required to account for any potential externals theoretical and historic they should be compelled to project potential externals and budget for their possibility.
They should also be required to show measurable benefit over a less centralized system to a corporate governance committee
@aral There is a very good documentary about this
Is your #privacy up for #sale? | #AlJazeera Untangles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WwBBahCQRY
There also captions for deaf people 💡 #inclusivity on the aljazeera page there are no captions. A deaf person mentioned this a few days ago.
@nemo Haha, indeed ;)
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