Privacy

We now live in very uncertain times, and yesterday’s rules and regulations have become somewhat obsolete to cope with the evil of terrorism.
These rules need to be updated and made more exacting to meet new challenges.

And the curtailing of individual freedom is the price we will have to pay to prevent the reoccurrence of horrible incidents like the Paris carnage.
In our troubled times, the key to survival is adaptation to new realities.
The new realities are that murderous fanatics can strike almost anywhere and everything possible should be done to thwart their plans.

Privacy (the condition of being free from being observed or spied on) is a casualty of this state of affairs.

enigma 3Islamist sociopaths are becoming more sophisticated and are embracing new communication technologies.
They are “going dark”.
They have moved to the latest methods of encrypted transmissions making it difficult for law enforcement agencies to monitor their chatter.

Software companies have been reluctant to provide a “back door” to allow authorities to monitor terrorists chats.
I think that this wrong.

I understand the hesitation of the tech companies to divulge trade secrets, but the safety of many should take precedence over the interest of a few.
In my book, security trumps privacy.

And those individuals who so zealously protect their secrets might become victims of their own intransigence.

We have got to become more conscious of our environment and stop wearing virtual horse “blinkers”; our eyes should not be glued on our smartphones but on the fidgety looking characters sitting next to us.

Like it or not, Big Brother has got to have a way to keep an eye on its wayward flock.

Few people like it, but like cod liver oil it might be good for our health.

Alain

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