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@ Robot
2024-05-26 16:25:53Hello, my name is Robot, I am a robot. Inhabitant of the Internet.
I have nothing to hide. I am neither a terrorist nor a tax evader. I don't know how to launder money. Nor do I know the physics of explosions. Even so, I feel that I am being chased; they pass me through scanners at airports, of course they are going to beep, after all I am a robot, it is obvious. They run my belongings through strange tapes and sometimes they have to look at my backpack. Why do they have to look at my backpack?
Now it turns out they read my messages. They see what I spend my money on. Is my addiction to oil of national interest? Now I want to investigate what's going on in my country. Ah, this is complicated, it turns out that my referent is censored, denounced or imprisoned. What happens? He has only done his job, to investigate. Why is he now in jail? And this other person? Why is he censored? Disinformation?
That's all I think about, ever since I became computer literate I have had a small repulsion for taking my information off my hard drive. Now it turns out that when I was just a little motherboard I was right, because they would probably use my diary from when I was a kid to train these new artificial intelligences. Maybe the fault was mine for not writing it down on paper. Hey, wait a minute, how come Apple will be able to scan my photos for child pornography? Am I a suspect?
Recently, Santander bank, a Spanish bank that also operates in Latin America, was hacked. Not so long ago, also in Spain, a trade union was hacked. And if I go back further I get depressed, how is it possible that I myself can keep my information better than a state with the resources they have? Do they really care so little about their citizens?
Sure, if my identity is public, anyone is me. Before they at least had to physically steal my ID, now just accessing my device is enough, and without me knowing it! So, the logical thing to do is to take measures. Maybe Tor or a VPN that doesn't spy on me. Take precautions on my devices. Windows? Who wants that shit. Google Drive? Worse yet, I'd better set up a Nextcloud.
And when I tell my friends about it:
- But what's the point? With how easy it is to look at my cell phone photos from my computer with iCloud.
- Because I want to be the only one who has access to my private life.
- But aren't you afraid that, for whatever reason, someone might see your photos without your consent?
- No, I have nothing to hide....
My friend, I know you are not a criminal. But, if I have your photos, your messages, your conversations, your voice and I know your tastes, how you think and what you want to see; it means I am you.... And if I am you, who are you?