APOLOGIES FOR GOING OFF TOPIC SOMEWHAT. SHOULD WE MOVE THIS DISCUSSION TO A DIFFERENT THREAD?
On Tuesday, 5 May 2020 21:12:43 UTC+1, Anil wrote: > > .... > In usage, the words security and privacy are often assumed to be > synonymous. This is wrong by a wide margin. They are, in fact, quite > often in direct opposition to each other, depending on what kind of > security you are talking about. .... > Totally agree with you that the terms security and privacy are often conflated one with the other. Most of the popular public discourse focuses on privacy. But for me, and probably many others, this rates fairly low in my mind. What is more important, is security: security that your communications have not undergone tampering, security that your money isn't being stolen, security that no-one is fiddling with your online accounts, etc. Privacy is also important, but only as a part of the overall aim of achieving security. > ... It may be obvious, but the answers to the questions about these three > lie only partially in technology. Regardless of technology, the > critical parts of the answers lie outside the domain of technology. On > forums like this, we tend to ignore them, because there is little we > can do about them. .... Very true that security is about much more than simply technology. Non-technology issues are probably mostly ignored in these forums, because these forums are dedicated to a particular piece of technology, and because most subscribers are likely technology specialists. It's good to have lateral experience of different domains, and also to bring-in people who aren't technology specialists, so that their creative input can add extra value to the discussions. One thought I've had is that changing business models, from closed-source, to open-source, can sometimes be an effective security solution: if you find people are stealing your software, just give it away for free, and charge for customisation and support? ... One more thing. Businesses and governments will usually find the > solutions they want because they can afford them, whether they are > right or wrong. It is individuals who need solutions from places likes > this forum and from developers of open software/hardware. ... Here in the UK, we have a pretty effective democracy where different groups (including the general public) can lobby the government. As such, the general public can lobby the government in order to get the government to provide more effective cyber-security resources for the general public. Not sure about America or India (India is perhaps where you are based?). America are strong democracy advocates and India has the largest democracy, but I don't know whether their democracies are in reality broken systems.... Kind regards, Mark Fernandes -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/25fc2e96-de19-4b7a-a166-7f905dccef84%40googlegroups.com.
