Cyber, Privacy and the Law: A call to arms for personal responsibility in mitigating data risk today
Today, society tends to try to make everything as simplified as possible for everyone. New applications and websites are popping up by the hour with services for everything from website design to dog walking. We are sprinting face-first into as much convenience as we can afford. This convenience, if not slowed down to fully understand the impacts of all these changes, however, could lead us into a very painful brick wall. In this post-covid era of dodgy ethics, limited regulations, a lack of transparency in Ai development, the growing movement towards “Everything-as-a-Service” at what seems like terminal velocity. As such, the continued monetization (and weaponization) of data poses a uniquely great risk to individuals, households, and businesses that mainstream society is not equipped to deal with.