It's On
The news today is full of the revelations from the latest release of the Epstein files.
What that man did was abhorrent. The people who saw it, helped it and/or benefited from it should be punished to the full extent of the law. It was - and they are - a disgrace.
Of course, there’s lots of private correspondence between Epstein and a variety of famous profiles across politics; business and, yes, royalty. It is not looking good for them (though “innocent until proven guilty” must remain intact).
It illustrates that our “private” data is not as private as we think. And that’s only going in one direction with phone cameras, location trackers, voice recorders, AI pins and so on. The idea that people gain consent before recording a conversation these days is utterly ridiculous.
Instead, assume everything you say - particularly communication mediated by technology - can and will come into the public view one day.
That’s an alarming thought. Of course, everyone is pleased that there is loose privacy when it comes to incriminating and prosecuting sex offenders (and following the unfolding ordeal on 24/7 news channels). But privacy is broader than that and ought really to be a more tightly guarded right.
The horse has bolted I think, though, so live accordingly. Assume what you say and do will be public knowledge one day - for better or worse.