Law in the Internet Society

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 I am both in awe of the potential of the internet as well as terrified of the current social cost to access.
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<		In the face of such compelling societal concerns as identified by the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the resistance to change seems to be cries of ‘convenience’. Putting to one side the legitimacy of such assertions as well as the need for government intervention, solutions exist at least on the individual level. Cryptography and the changing of individual privacy settings and the adoption of more protective habits (Firefox, proton mail and signal) are a start. Education both of one’s self as well as of the next generation of the lived reality that privacy is understood as fundamental to freedom and democracy and not merely a preference.
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>		In the face of such compelling societal concerns as identified by the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the resistance to change seems to be towards a belief that it does not visibily impact 'me' and to cries of ‘convenience’. Putting to one side the legitimacy of such assertions as well as the need for government intervention, solutions exist at least on the individual level. Cryptography and the changing of individual privacy settings and the adoption of more protective habits (Firefox, proton mail and signal) are a start. Education both of one’s self as well as of the next generation of the lived reality that privacy is understood as fundamental to freedom and democracy and not merely a preference.
 The benefits to the above are two-fold, such actions both ensure greater individual protection but also impact upon the market and force companies to listen and practices to change. If the resistance to change is ‘convenience’ then the small changes referred to above can be marketed as ‘adjustments’ nevertheless, they are ones that are fundamental to reclaiming privacy, democracy and freedom.

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