Privacy Freaks Rejoice: Privacy to be a 'Hot Job Skill'
Source: Selena Marie
Unlike, from the Captain Obvious department, when the FBI warned hacktivists are breaking the law.... IBM did go "out on a limb to predict the next five big things" but to quote Richi Jennings those IBM predictions are "full of FAIL."
IBM claimed mind reading via computing is no longer sci-fi wishful thinking. While one of the examples given in this video was full of wow, mind reading devices could be trouble. "IBM scientists are researching how to link your brain to your devices, such as a computer or a smartphone, so you just need to think about calling someone and it happens." Have you ever been in lust or in love where you can't hit the zone to focus or do anything except think about a person? Your mind reading mobile device would be calling that special someone frequently, even if it wasn't every seven seconds.
Another IBM prediction is that junk mail will become priority mail? Perhaps if you like being bombarded with ads that track you, but not if you value your privacy. Biometrics will allegedly make it so you will never need a password again -- which could open a whole new can of privacy and security worms. But most users are so horrible at mixing security wisdom with passwords, that Imperva's latest hacker intelligence report [PDF] said, "When it comes to consumers implementing good passwords, we give up. Instead of consumers, [the] responsibility rests on enterprises to put in place proper password security policies and procedures as a part of a comprehensive data security discipline." Yet "contrary to common belief, cryptographic hash functions in general-whether they are SHA-1 or any other cryptographic function-are not impervious to hackers."
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