> Most people don't do anything worth privacy protecting.
Absolutely, its very rare for people to have things Like passwords, bank accounts, confidential documents, secrets, fears, weaknesses.
And as we know, everyone applies good infosec practices, none of us have a txt file sitting in a folder with all our passwords.
So on average, there isnt a growing collection of confidential data that our models are getting trained on.
Matter of fact, if everyone who reads this were to randomly start loudly talking about “EAR-WAX REMOVAL” or “LOW LIBIDO”, in close proximity to a friend’s phone or Smart TV, theres no impact. They dont end up seeing some interesting and potentially embarrassing ads.
It’s not like we live in a world where bad actors exist, maybe in some distant country, who try and take resources away.
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EDIT: I came back to edit this because I felt I was perhaps too snarky and as a result having fun at expense to your argument.
For what you said - it should be understood that it is easy to end up in a situation where privacy or PII is converted into a “problem” which has to be minimized.
This is a position that then leads to many other far too complex failure states.
Our future selves are better served by thinking of data we generate, as default private, and that all private data is “heavy”
Absolutely, its very rare for people to have things Like passwords, bank accounts, confidential documents, secrets, fears, weaknesses.
And as we know, everyone applies good infosec practices, none of us have a txt file sitting in a folder with all our passwords.
So on average, there isnt a growing collection of confidential data that our models are getting trained on.
Matter of fact, if everyone who reads this were to randomly start loudly talking about “EAR-WAX REMOVAL” or “LOW LIBIDO”, in close proximity to a friend’s phone or Smart TV, theres no impact. They dont end up seeing some interesting and potentially embarrassing ads.
It’s not like we live in a world where bad actors exist, maybe in some distant country, who try and take resources away.
——-
EDIT: I came back to edit this because I felt I was perhaps too snarky and as a result having fun at expense to your argument.
For what you said - it should be understood that it is easy to end up in a situation where privacy or PII is converted into a “problem” which has to be minimized.
This is a position that then leads to many other far too complex failure states.
Our future selves are better served by thinking of data we generate, as default private, and that all private data is “heavy”