Re: the nothing to hide a
By: Boraxman to Ogg on Mon Feb 14 2022 20:30:20
> Take for example meeting people in a pub, you have a conversation. You
> would NOT expect the entire world to be able to view that conversation.
> Maybe others in the pub will overhear, but it's not searchable. Or you join
> a Linux Users Group and you discuss having a BBQ with others at a meeting,
> again, that would be just for those in the group, not something that people
> in Russia or around your city would find out about. People wouldn't be able
> to know who went where and when.
>
> But when it comes to the "internet", we kind of don't apply those standards.
> A group is public. Take fsxNet, we were discussing a meet up in Melbourne.
> This should be considered something only relevant to those in fsxNet, but
> you would (when we plan to), be able to Google search the event, and anyone
> in the world would know who went where and when. This doesn't sit right
> with me, it is very weird, but we still haven't gotten used to that.
>
> In a way,, I'm advocating a more closed Internet. Web pages, public forums
> should remain public, but communication should be, by default, by convention
> and politeness, be only for the audience participating.
I can certainly see your point. It's sort of like when my aunt (who is not very
tech savvy) thinks she is sending a private message to me in Facebook, but she
actually posts that message on her wall for everyone to see. She intended for it
to be a private conversation, but now everyone on her friend's list can see it.
Also, if her setting on FB are set a certain way, the entire planet can see it
just through a simple Google search. If it were a personal matter, then it only
gets worse from there.
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