Comments on: Wikileaks and radical transparency http://davepress.net/2010/11/29/wikileaks-and-radical-transparency/ Open government and everything else Tue, 30 Nov 2010 11:02:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: MJ Ray http://davepress.net/2010/11/29/wikileaks-and-radical-transparency/comment-page-1/#comment-8288 MJ Ray Tue, 30 Nov 2010 11:02:20 +0000 http://davepress.net/?p=17567#comment-8288 Small side note: Where I wrote "other things you control", I mean things you have <em>sole</em> control over. Yes, you have some control over privacy settings, but you share control with the site's owners and operators. Small side note: Where I wrote “other things you control”, I mean things you have sole control over. Yes, you have some control over privacy settings, but you share control with the site’s owners and operators.

]]> By: MJ Ray http://davepress.net/2010/11/29/wikileaks-and-radical-transparency/comment-page-1/#comment-8287 MJ Ray Tue, 30 Nov 2010 11:00:37 +0000 http://davepress.net/?p=17567#comment-8287 Right on! I've been advising that, basically, you shouldn't type stuff into computers unless you're willing to risk it becoming public. While there are steps you can take to reduce the risk (encryption and other things you control - <strong>not</strong> things like google's privacy settings), it only reduces the risk. There is still a risk. But I still get challenged by so-called "ICT Champions" who seem to get paid to teach people how to use snake oil privacy settings. :-/ Do you think people realise how WikiLeaks shows no-one has a zero risk of publication? If the US government can be leaked, why will small associations be immune? Right on!

I’ve been advising that, basically, you shouldn’t type stuff into computers unless you’re willing to risk it becoming public. While there are steps you can take to reduce the risk (encryption and other things you control – not things like google’s privacy settings), it only reduces the risk. There is still a risk.

But I still get challenged by so-called “ICT Champions” who seem to get paid to teach people how to use snake oil privacy settings. :-/

Do you think people realise how WikiLeaks shows no-one has a zero risk of publication? If the US government can be leaked, why will small associations be immune?

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