Friday night topic: online trust and the death of privacy
by from Techreport on (#3KK2)
All of the recent revelations about things like infected hard drive firmware and the still-unfolding Lenovo Superfish debacle have made the tech news particularly depressing of late. I have to admit, I've never really been a security buff who follows every twist and turn in that particular area of technology. Keeping up with it has been a chore, not a joy. Lately, though, one gets the creeping feeling that some of the most strident and paranoid folks from that community have essentially been more right than anyone realized.
The problem with governments spying on citizens is one thing, but I find the involvement of technology companies in this mix, ...