We're not bystanders; our industry is the most important facilitator of this problem and we understand the causes, implications and solutions far better than anyone. We have a serious responsibility to our fellow citizens, just as the food industry has a responsibility not to poison everyone. What are you and your company doing about it? You have 2 months lead time before your competitor starts rolling out their products:
* Is your company minimizing and anonymizing user data? Is it implementing end-to-end encryption?
* If your product is hard for users to avoid (e.g., an ISP is hard to avoid, a casual game is not), do you provide a way for users to utilize it confidentially?
* Users need private alternatives, which means that FOSS projects need a lot of help making their products much more usable and reliable; can you help out?
If you are thinking, 'my little portion won't solve the problem', you're right. Nothing gets done in a democracy unless people all do their little portions, and unless they organize. The United States is the 'Land of the Free' only if its citizens make it that way.
* Is your company minimizing and anonymizing user data? Is it implementing end-to-end encryption?
* If your product is hard for users to avoid (e.g., an ISP is hard to avoid, a casual game is not), do you provide a way for users to utilize it confidentially?
* Users need private alternatives, which means that FOSS projects need a lot of help making their products much more usable and reliable; can you help out?
If you are thinking, 'my little portion won't solve the problem', you're right. Nothing gets done in a democracy unless people all do their little portions, and unless they organize. The United States is the 'Land of the Free' only if its citizens make it that way.
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Also see here: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/11/tech-companies-fix-the...