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Steffan Heuer
[1]
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is brand eins [2] correspondent in California. He
writes about innovations and human aspects of new technologies.
Together with Pernille Tranberg [3] he has written a manual for
digital self-defense: the book „Fake it“ [4] has been published by
Apple Books and reveals many details of the daily data transfer to
unknown companies and institutions. The last "tool" chapter
contains very specific tips and tricks to make this data transmission
transparent and prevent it.
In his lecture on 15.4. he
talks about
Persecution delusion on the Internet
(in German)
Anyone who moves online is never
alone. In the double sense.
If we want to pursue the life
around us, we accept that we are pursued on tip and click by (usually
unknown) third parties. A normal, large website is on average equipped
with the tracking code of 75 third parties.
This
billion-dollar business is largely uncontrolled. Legislators are slow
to act, and countries are struggling over standards, so users need to
act themselves.
Digital self-defense (DSD) means being able
to decide what, when, and in what context information about me is
known by others. DSD is not 100% protection, but it can help us to be
more data-sparing today. It consists of three components: deny,
disguise, and encrypt my data.
Luckily, there are more and
more easy-to-use tools that do these three things. From precaution
("think first, then post or host.") along blockers for the
browser, VPN and E2E encrypted communication, to cloud storage with
zero knowledge privacy.
It is a race that requires constant
angagement and adaption. Not least because the Internet of Everything
(IoE) is opening new security holes and governments are becoming more
aggressive in terms of monitoring and accessing data. The overdue
backlash must come from users and companies committed to new data
ethics.
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