Cyber-insecurity is a gift for hackers, but it’s our own governments that create it

Minimalist · May 7, 2017

Here, the logic of democratic capitalism is no more: governments are not restraining the toxic activities of companies; rather, they engage in toxic activities of their own, which companies mitigate with activities that are either more or less toxic – depending on one’s views about the parasitic nature of economic activities pursued by rentiers. The second political effect of the ever-expanding surveillance apparatus is the disadvantage it creates for small companies and non-profits, not to mention individuals. Remember the early utopian vision of a digital world, where we would all be running our own mail servers and, with time, might even master our own version of the connected home?

Well, today we demand more autonomy at our own risk: given the sophistication of cyber-attacks – which both aim to steal data and overwhelm sites with fake traffic – it’s obvious that the only actors capable of defending ordinary users, be they individuals or corporations, are big tech firms such as Google, Apple and Microsoft. This, too, violates the basic premise of democratic capitalism: citizens are encouraged to seek protection from companies, not governments.
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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/06/cyber-insecurity-hackers-data-theft-protection

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