I just watched a talk by Frank Abagnale (FBI American security consultant and man from catch me if you can).
He said in 2017 that we'll have done away with passwords by 2019. I use passwords still for everything, but then there's this added security, like thumb scans or apps similar to trusona - or the 'prove I'm not a robot' annoying box thing.
Anyway, he was talking about the dark web getting very dark indeed- being able to turn off pacemakers from a good distance, take control of someones car etc. The kind of think you have in movies like I, robot. Anyone who's watched black mirror episodes might have worried about how the future is progressing. Those devices that talk to each other- where else can they talk and what could criminals use the information for?
But who would regulate it and how?
Or is it the consumers responsibility?
Do you have an echo? I don't.
@yo-its-me
Technology respects no borders. It is extraordinarily difficult to reach international agreements on regulating technology without impeding innovation, and almost impossible to enforce compliance on rogue states. (eg, Syria’s use of chemical weapons, or monitoring Iran’s nuclear facilities). That said, yes, there should be regulation, even though we know in advance that it will not be perfect.
Now comes the tough question: WHAT technologies should be regulated ? Prime candidate: experimenting on the human genome.
@Cheesemaster
Yes there is a trend towards cashless society, which government would prefer. Cash transactions are hard to trace and hard to tax. It would not be 100% successful though; there would still be a black market with some sort of hard currency.
@cheesemaster saidThat is what 5G is for. Soon you will use your phone to purchase goods like Finland. Barter is about to make a comeback.
Technology is also trying to remove cash and use digital currency only and once that happens it will be hard to live without technology and the problems that you have pointed out.
I believe we are advancing too fast for our own good.
@metal-brain said😂😂 heads up MB I’ve been using my phone to purchase goods for a while.
That is what 5G is for. Soon you will use your phone to purchase goods like Finland. Barter is about to make a comeback.
What would we barter with?
@moonbus saidI only use cash at work for the constant charity raffle and birthday collections but I do not like the idea of all transactions being digitised. There is something unnerving about having ‘credits’ in the bank rather than crispy tenners and twenties.
@Cheesemaster
Yes there is a trend towards cashless society, which government would prefer. Cash transactions are hard to trace and hard to tax. It would not be 100% successful though; there would still be a black market with some sort of hard currency.
When you stop and think about it the powers that be could switch off the money as easily as switching off the electricity.
@kevcvs57 saidGold and Silver have worked for thousands of years so I imagine we would barter with those, which is real money.
😂😂 heads up MB I’ve been using my phone to purchase goods for a while.
What would we barter with?
@cheesemaster saidGold and silver are the basis for a coinage currency that’s what we used for centuries. That’s money, if you want to barter you’d better start rounding up some sheep and build yourself a chicken coop.
Gold and Silver have worked for thousands of years so I imagine we would barter with those, which is real money.
@cheesemaster saidI won’t steal them but I can’t promise to stay from the pretty ones.
I'll give you three silver dimes to be quiet.
And stay away from my sheep!
@moonbus saidYeah, good point. We can't regulate everything.
@yo-its-me
Technology respects no borders. It is extraordinarily difficult to reach international agreements on regulating technology without impeding innovation, and almost impossible to enforce compliance on rogue states. (eg, Syria’s use of chemical weapons, or monitoring Iran’s nuclear facilities). That said, yes, there should be regulation, even though we know in adva ...[text shortened]... uestion: WHAT technologies should be regulated ? Prime candidate: experimenting on the human genome.
I watched a documentary where a man experimented on dog genetics. It was scary, the ability and freedom he had with equipment he could buy. No one wants an over policed or nanny state, but there are some dark pockets that seam to be anywhere of people abusing anything they can get their hands on.
Maybe another way around it is to prioritise teaching people to listen to their conscience, making that universal somehow?
Something like GDPR would be good wouldn't it. Fine people who don't follow codes
@cheesemaster saidI don't think it's the advancements, it's the non-regulation of those advancements. I saw a great talk on encouraging and supressing angiogenesis (search Dr William Li and his grandmother's treatment if you're interested)- the advancements being made are life saving. But there is always that person who sees a way to make money in a negative way, to use technology to abuse. It's so depressing that there are people who behave like this!
Technology is also trying to remove cash and use digital currency only and once that happens it will be hard to live without technology and the problems that you have pointed out.
I believe we are advancing too fast for our own good.
@yo-its-me saidI think ‘the genie’s out of the bottle’ best sums up the aspects of technology which could be harmful to society and detrimental to individuals. Every technological advancement seems to be a double edged sword.
Exactually and what stops them? That which stops them needs to be applied across the board.
Genetic engineering is a force for good if used in a responsible manner but for every couple that want to avoid passing in a congenital disease to their children there will be two that want an Olympic swimmer or at a mundane level boys instead of girls. Technology is cursed by not existing in a vacuum.