Internet Privacy interview with the online security analyst Bruce Schneier
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty recently conducted an interview with the analyst online security Bruce Schneier, author of "liars and Outliers :. Enabling trust Company needs to survive." The interview covers issues related to the idea that the privacy of the Internet seems to be a thing of the past
RFE / RL: It's no secret that online businesses like Google, Facebook and Twitter are tracking digital fingerprints of users. How accurate these online profiles? What are they used, other than advertising
Bruce Schneier: We do not know how it is. The information is used to target advertising. It is used to sell to other businesses that use it to target advertising and is used by the government for any reason governments use this information. Google publishes how often they receive national security letter and the different demands of governments of various countries for information on people. Other companies do not. So we have some visibility into what Google does, but not in other companies. So basically it is used to judge people. Either the judge for purposes of marketing or judge them for political purposes
RFE / RL :. Could you talk about the relationship between governments and major technology and online companies like Google and Skype? How willing are companies to give personal data
Bruce Schneier: Companies must respect the law. I mean, the answer is all over the map. Companies are not going to fight with the government because their business model is to make money. So, they want good relations. I think, in general, companies are more than willing to do what governments want. Some of them are more resistant than others. Some of them require more things than others, but some of them just roll.
We pretty much are sure that Microsoft allows governments to spy Skype users, but they've never told us, so we do not really know. A lot of it is hidden. We do not get much information
RFE / RL :. You said that the real risks of the Internet is confronted not just pirates or terrorists, but the government and corporations. Is this continues to be true in the future?
Bruce Schneier: I do not know about the future, but my guess is that, yes. Large exposures will not be illegal risks. They will be legal risks. It will be governments. It will be the companies. There will be those in power using the Internet to stay in power.
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