Weaponization of Data

If data can be weaponized, it’ll be weaponized.
Every citizen will have its own data weaponized against them.
Scope of target: wider means a more invasive data collection. With a focalized target, there’s no need for detailed data, just metadata is enough.
The objective is control to extract profits by corps, or political control by state and non-state actors to manage dissent.
This is not a left vs right issue. It’s a citizens vs elites issue.
This is an asymmetrical relationship for control, any attempts to fight this trend by individual citizens is doomed to fail. Sousveillance is only effective as art/propaganda.
Opaque algorithms and AI are being deployed to collect, process and weaponize data against citizens.
Countermeasures like cryptography, obfuscation are only partially effective.
The more effective the countermeasure, the less convenient for citizens.
The only effective strategies are transparency and a legal and technical framework that takes a privacy-by-default approach.
Our data should always be our property and our choice.

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