Yeah, same here... pretty much called it [slashdot.org] in the last article about this. It's sort of unbelievable, though, in some way, that no one stops to think of security and privacy ramifications of these things though. Yet it happens time after time after time.
I wonder if it's perhaps an engineer-type mentality that gets so focused on building cool new things, they just don't stop to think about how those new things can be abused or exploited to do bad things. Like when Microsoft decided to embed scripting-type f
Come on, it would have been surprised if they did encrypt the data in a decent way,...
Yeah, same here... pretty much called it [slashdot.org] in the last article about this. It's sort of unbelievable, though, in some way, that no one stops to think of security and privacy ramifications of these things though. Yet it happens time after time after time.
I wonder if it's perhaps an engineer-type mentality that gets so focused on building cool new things, they just don't stop to think about how those new things can be abused or exploited to do bad things. Like when Microsoft decided to embed scripting-type f
Doesn't encryption imply some level of trust in the other party? I.e. you know who you are sending sensitive data to?
If you don't trust Samsung to receive your personal data (as I'm sure few people do) is it relevant that it's not encrypted?
I like to limit the amount of people I send my private data to. Preferably to 0, but to add random hackers to it is not the right way to go.
is there any major brand who are on the side of consumer/customer privacy out there anymore?
Google.