The dilemma between data protection, convenience & sanity
Data protection is nothing new. We have known for a long time that data stored on servers in the USA can be searched at any time if there are reasonable grounds for suspicion. But now there are political views and other developments that make it increasingly difficult and unpleasant to throw your money, and even more valuable, your data at the “big guys”.
Does Doge mean anything to you? It's an “efficiency agency” run by Elon Musk, who now has even more influence and power than is healthy for him or the world thanks to Donald Trump.
Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) has requested extensive access to the databases and systems of the US tax authority IRS, the Washington Post and other US media reported on Monday. Data protectionists were alarmed by the plans of high-tech billionaire Musk's team.
Musk, wasn't he the guy who turned Twitter into his personal, algorithm-twisted playground X? The guy who broadcast Teslas to the world. The guy who most recently swung a chainsaw around to radically clean up and a person who likes to do forbidden yoga exercises with his right arm during appearances. That's right, that's Elon Musk.
I'm a little worried about what will happen to my data in the USA. I'm sure there's a lot of my data lying around. In other words, I don't want it to be read by anyone who reports to Musk or Trump.
Data protection is one thing. What about
I recently deleted my Twitter (X) account. Once and for all. The decisive factor was Musk's yoga exercises, which I don't approve of. Then there's my Facebook account and Whatsapp as well as Instagram. Should I delete everything there too? After all, Zuckerberg approves of people deliberately dragging trans people through the mud, for example.
Tell me what you think about this