Why is your privacy fucked? You should go ask at the Computers, Privacy and Data Protection conference where the brightest minds in the field meet, sponsored by Google and Meta.
https://ar.al/notes/why-im-not-speaking-at-cpdp/
#cpdp2022 #privacy #tech #humanRights #institutionalCorruption #privacyWashing
A privacy conference sponsored by Google and Meta is like a healthcare conference sponsored by Phillip Morris or a climate change conference sponsored by ExxonMobil. In other words, it is bullshit.
https://www.cpdpconferences.org/sponsors-and-partners/platinum-sponsors
#cpdp2022 #privacy #tech #humanRights #institutionalCorruption #privacyWashing
@aral
No. I went once and there were the good guys there. It was very interesting, Gafam were pretty well "attacked". The environment was good, really smart folks and great discussions.
@veroandi See the bit about the people who are fine with letting Google and Meta launder their reputations using their legitimacy.
It’s *worse* if “the good guys” are there. That says “we think it‘s perfectly fine for Google and Meta to sponsor a privacy conference. There’s nothing wrong with that. Look, I’m here, aren’t I? I’m a Good Guy™ So if I’m here, Google and Meta cannot be that bad. I wouldn’t go to a healthcare conference sponsored by Philip Morris, of course, but here I am…
@aral @veroandi Upcoming #RightsCon has this problem too.
@spoon @veroandi Yep. See this from eight years ago 🤷♂️ https://ar.al/notes/rightscon-or-a-right-con/
@aral Aral, buddy, there were no need for "in other words". Those analogies were much simpler than plainly calling them bull shit. That's how fucked up they are.
@arh You’d be surprised how many people seem to need it spelled out for them :) If you’d only heard some of the conversations I’ve had with people over the years…
@aral More like the Evil Corp board … funny, like "philanthropy", it's money laundering 🤔
@aral
I'm going to throw up