{"id":9065,"date":"2012-02-19T13:49:22","date_gmt":"2012-02-19T20:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=9065"},"modified":"2012-02-19T13:49:22","modified_gmt":"2012-02-19T20:49:22","slug":"sound-and-fury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/19\/sound-and-fury\/","title":{"rendered":"Sound and fury"},"content":{"rendered":"

I read this on Friday<\/a> and have been mulling (okay, grousing about) it ever since.<\/p>\n

Dan Rowinski is mad-mad-mad at the online companies who, one after another, steal users’ data, then (inevitably) go, “Whoops. Oh, it was just an accident! We’ll fix that now.” He’s sick of the repeted abuse. Sick of the lies. Sick of being used. Sick of having to be on alert all the time. Sick even of hearing<\/i> about it.<\/p>\n

Yes, Rowinski is mad-mad-mad. So what’s he going to do to combat that data rape or protect himself?<\/p>\n

… I say screw it. Screw the companies for setting up the system that perpetuates this mess, screw the media for making it a scandal every time, screw the users who let it happen. Everybody is to blame.<\/p>\n

Use my data. I wash my hands of you and it. Just make for damn sure that no harm comes of it. <\/p>\n

Because then, we would really have problems.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes, that’s it. He’s going to lie back, let himself be abused … but get really, really, really<\/i> mad if … um, he gets even more abused. <\/p>\n

Look, I know that the fight for privacy gets harder every year. But what the heck does anyone hope to accomplish by a big, loud, ringing declaration that you’re going to … oh, hold your breath until you turn blue or something if “they” misuse that data that you’re<\/i> giving up and giving to them?<\/p>\n

I don’t know Mr. Rowinski. For all I know, he may be a fine, bold human being at other moments of his life. But boy, the phrase “sound and fury, signifying nothing” could have been written for him, right there.<\/p>\n

If people aren’t going to protect themselves against this<\/i> level of abuse, why should anyone take us seriously if we threaten unspecified weepies or foot-stompings at the next level<\/i> of the same abuse?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I read this on Friday and have been mulling (okay, grousing about) it ever since. Dan Rowinski is mad-mad-mad at the online companies who, one after another, steal users’ data, then (inevitably) go, “Whoops. Oh, it was just an accident! We’ll fix that now.” He’s sick of the repeted abuse. Sick of the lies. Sick of being used. Sick of having to be on alert all the time. Sick even of hearing about it. Yes, Rowinski is mad-mad-mad. So what’s he going to do to combat that data rape or protect himself? … I say screw it. Screw the companies…<\/p>\n

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