Privacy
I read the article by Mat Honan a few months ago when the story broke. I think it is a shocking example of what the most valuable commodities in the future will be, privacy and security. With so many aspects of our lives now linked in some way to the internet and available to the public it is going to become harder for people to stay disconnected from the rest of the world. Mat Honan’s predicament shows how easy it is for a complete stranger to wipe out all of your personal data. With more and more things moving online your personal data is going to be all that we have at some point. When your data is what your livelihood depends on it becomes easier to see how large of an issue Honan’s situation is.
Security obviously needs to be beefed up with companies that store this information. The ability that Apple provides to erase the information from your machines that are linked to iCloud is great if your device gets stolen. However I think something as serious as that should have another countermeasure in place before erasing all your data. Privacy is going to be just as important in the future. Facebook does everything it can to keep you connected with everyone else by making the ability to block people harder to find with each update to the site. Personally I don’t like this one bit, I feel as though I should control who knows what about me. Just like before Facebook if I didn’t want to know someone I wouldn’t talk to them, I should have that same control in the digital space. This has honestly made me want to delete my Facebook numerous times but I need it to keep in touch with people who I can’t find by other means. I think as the world becomes more digital it is going to be harder and harder to keep your life private and secure.