One year ago, we posted forecast for 2014 developments in the field of privacy. As the year draws to a close, it is time to consider before trying to look into the crystal ball for 2015.
In January, I posted these five predictions. Let's review.
1. Snowden continue to shock those who understand the implications of his revelations. has not entirely come true, to be honest. While Greenwald has really spun up The Intercept , and Mike Masnick is doing an incredible job as always on the Techdirt , an increasing amount of material does not come from Snowden more. The real motherfuckers in 2014 was not material Snowden -. But again, those of us who understand privacy is required shocked
2. Oldmedia continue not to care Yes, this -. The very foundations of democracy - remain a strictly underground subject. The irony of this is overwhelming. There were millions of credit card numbers leakage, and nobody says anything. There was a leak of a hundred nude photos, and all of a sudden there was an uproar in the old media. It's quite depressing. Is that a leak of privacy really be something people shake in order to call attention to oldmedia of what a serious problem this is?
3. The average person does not understand what is happening. Come true. If you ask someone in the street at the end of 2014 if it is reasonable that a random person is basically able to watch their screens on all of their devices in real time, they dismiss it as unrealistic or, worse, think that they have "nothing to hide". There is some skepticism against big companies, but they are not the ones that break your door at dawn if they like what they see.
4. Politicians will continue to pretend nothing happened. In fact, it came out worse than expected. Some politicians began fessing to wiretapping and gone all chest-thumping about it, posturing as if it is the moral wiretap everybody all the time. If you want an example, look at how Cheney defended Gitmo torture and human experimentation on innocent: "I would do it again in a heartbeat" very disturbing
.. 5. the laws allow mass surveillance will not disappear unless someone loses his office above. no, and they have not. This trend is still true. the first problem a politician career trying to solve is how to get elected. the second problem they are trying to solve is how to get re-elected. Whatever it in third place is so far behind it really matters.
next week, the end of the year we will examine the trends and try to predict where in 2015 some heads.
As always, privacy remains your own responsibility.
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