"Changes brought about by the Internet of Things demands the creation of a whole new social contract
to enshrine the right to privacy and prevent the creation of
technology-fueled Orwellian surveillance states in which individual
privacy protections take a back seat to security and 'control.' That,
according to an opinion piece penned by the head of the European
Commission's Knowledge Sharing Unit. GĂ©rald Santucci argues that
technology advances, including the advent of wearable technology and the
combination of inexpensive, remote sensors and Big Data analytics
threaten to undermine long-held notions like personal privacy and the rights of individuals."
"Thanks to state-sponsored cable/phone duopolies, U.S. broadband stays slow and expensive — and will probably impede cloud adoption,
writes Andrew C. Oliver. 'As a patriotic American, I find the current
political atmosphere where telecom lobbyists set the agenda to be a
nightmare. All over the world, high-end fiber is being deployed while
powerful monopolies in the United States work to prevent it from coming
here,' Oliver writes. 'I expect that cloud adoption will closely match
broadband speed, cost, and availability curves. Those companies living
in countries where the broadband monopoly is protected will adopt the
cloud at a slower rate than those with competitive markets and municipal
fiber. There's a good chance U.S. firms will fall into that group.'"
Delta Sand From Sweden
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