19 Dec, 2014
The lesson of the Sony hack: Don’t email. Don’t text. Don’t send photos – Sydney Morning Herald
This month’s news provides yet another occasion for a friendly public-service reminder to anyone who uses a digital device to say anything to anyone, ever. Don’t do it. Don’t email, don’t text, don’t update, don’t send photos.
At least, don’t do it if you have any expectation that what you say will remain private — a sentiment that’s usually taken for granted in human communication, but that we should all throw to the winds, at least until we figure out a way to completely rethink how we store and manage our digital data.
Because here’s the thing about the digital world that we must remember. Nothing you say in any form mediated through digital technology — absolutely nothing at all — is guaranteed to stay private. Before you type anything, just think: How will this look when it gets out? What will Angelina Jolie think if she finds out about this? If Angelina won’t like it, don’t send it. Because Angelina will find out. So will the rest of the world.
Read the rest: The lesson of the Sony hack: we should all jump to the erasable internet.
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