CONTINUATION FROM GOING OFF TOPIC @ https://groups.google.com/d/msg/qubes-users/hv-meif5_tU/bsNbb8PxAQAJ
> > Here in the UK, we have a pretty effective democracy where different > groups (including the general public) can lobby the government. . ... > I don't want to say much on this, but enough information is available > online. All I can say is that, India, like in almost everything, is in > a class by itself. It is also one of the most affected by the repeated > states of exception, some global, some local, in the sense of > Surveillance Capitalism, very closely tied to the state, across the > political spectrum. In theory, privacy has recently been declared a > fundamental right by the courts, but theory is just theory. Sometimes > it furthers in practice the exact opposite of what it says, because > you can always point to the theory and say everything is alright and > the concerns are unwarranted etc. > > > Yes, theory and practice are two different things. Even here in the UK, many people don't take data protection legislation that seriously. I have to confess, I have found myself frustrated trying to conform to such legislation for my own business activities. It's important that practices, systems, and products are secure-by-design. In a way Qubes facilitates this by forcing users into certain patterns of behaviour that move an organisation towards being more secure. Adding security as an after thought can make things too complicated and cumbersome. Designing systems that from the get-go have had security in mind, and built around security, is important. As an example, in this Qubes forum, someone raised the issue that until hardware becomes open-source, we're still going to be significantly compromised. If instead, every element of the computer system was built with security in mind, from the ground up, then perhaps you wouldn't be undermined in such ways. When I was reading about data protection legislation, I think I read that Germany (maybe just a certain state/county/area of Germany) was the first or one of the first to implement data protection legislation. The unethical use of data was used by the Nazis in their antisemitism, and that's perhaps why Germany were such early adopters. One of the perhaps concerning things, is the rise of social media. Social media definitely brings benefits. But then there are many data protection issues of concern, especially when users publish so much personal information about themselves using it. I can imagine the intelligence communities around the world loving social media, because basically, it gives them access to indexed databases of information all about different persons, and they don't have to fund any of it: the private sector are creating these products and users are giving out there information freely, in their own free time. 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/0031436a-976e-4269-96d0-406e7346348d%40googlegroups.com.
