Online privacy is a right, not a luxury
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The tech industry is finally waking up to the fact that people care about their privacy. But current solutions all come at too high a cost in money or time to the end user, according to security expert Max Eddy.
By Max Eddy
Weeks after pitching this story to my editor, I had the disorienting experience of seeing a near-identical headline in the New York Times, penned by none other than Google CEO Sundar Pichai. Great minds think alike, it seems, and I believe Pichai is on the right track. By and large people have started to demand better privacy protections for everyone, and even holding companies that fail to protect their privacy to account. The problem is, I don’t believe Pichai goes far enough.
When we don’t view privacy as a right, it risks becoming a checkbox on a laundry list of features at exorbitant prices. When that happens, the entire industry fails the consumer. Pichai calls for legislation and smarter data-gathering practices, but what we really need is a total overhaul...
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