sleepundertheleavesMar 7

The banality of surveillance | On an internet where everything is tracked, our privacy is maintained mainly because our data is too boring and time consuming to sort through. But AIs don't get bored.

https://infosec.pub/post/43076069

The banality of surveillance | On an internet where everything is tracked, our privacy is maintained mainly because our data is too boring and time consuming to sort through. But AIs don't get bored. - Infosec.Pub

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Show threadgressen
How can you argue that trivial data somehow implies private data?
Mar 7 at 3:35pmWeb
Show threadHondMar 7
Trivial looking data can be very relevant and private. Eg i saw a talk how just scraping the names of authors and the time when they publish articles on a news site can be used to make likely conclusions who is taking vacations “together”. Thats just two parameters of probably dozens or even hundreds of the data we leave behind by using tech.
Show threadfreshcowMar 7
The term you’re looking for is “security through obscurity”. The effort require to create a coherent picture from that scattered information is more than its worth, so it doesn’t get done. The argument here being that AI changes that calculation because it removes the effort part.
Show threadgressenMar 7
Security through obscurity has been disproven long ago and AI sifting through your obscure data with ease is a great example how this approach doesn’t work.