HellO, WOrld!
Who’s spying us right now? You can’t even imagine. But today I’ll take care of the secret agents from our computers. The ones we help every day, voluntarily, with information, or that they obtained without our permission.
Technology has always fascinated me. The fact that mobile phones that looked like bricks 20 years ago have now turned into true super-computers, I find absolutely fascinating. Smart phones, smart TVs, smart washing machines, we are surrounded every day by artificial intelligence. But technology can turn against us. As is the case with Google Street View, for example, an application that helps us to travel virtually anywhere in the world. My parents adore it, because they can follow me, virtually, in my holidays, whether in Paris or on a beach in Australia. But the black little cars from Google collected a bit more information than just some photos. It was determined that Google was collecting Wi-Fi date in addition to digital images.
According epic.org, within a few years, controversy over Street View had settled down in the United States, and had of course moved to our continent. But then Google was caught capturing „payload data” as its Street View cars roamed around our streets. That is, in addition to recording photo imagery, the cars were in fact sniffing private Wi-Fi networks in homes and businesses and collecting any data they could find as well. Following numerous protests around the world, Google ended its illegal collection of wifi data transmissions. The company, which originally claimed it was not even collecting wifi data, was forced to admit that it had collected payload data. Eventually after investigations revealed it, Google acknowledged that „in some instances entire emails and URL’s were captured, as well as passwords.”
Isn’t it a bit scarry? Even if it just a mistake in this case, I’m still concerned about what artificial inteligence could do with our secrets. And I think we should be more careful with the information we give to the little spies from our computers. Have you ever thought at this?
LOve,
O.
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HellO, WOrld!
Crezi ca esti spionat chiar acum? S-ar putea sa fie adevarat. Azi ma voi ocupa de agentii secreti din calculatoarele noastre, cei pe care noi ii ajutam cu informatii, fie ca asta se intampla cu, sau fara acordul nostru.
Recunosc, tehnologia m-a fascinat intotdeauna. Faptul ca telefoanele mobile ce aratau ca niste caramizi in urma cu 20 de ani s-au transformat acum in niste mini super-computere, mi se pare senzational. Telefoane inteligente, televizoare inteligente, masini de spalat inteligente, suntem inconjurati de inteligenta artificiala in fiecare zi. Inteligenta care se poate intoarce insa impotriva noastra. Si nu, nu vorbesc de vreun film SF. Va dau un exemplu: Google Street View. O aplicatie senzationala, ce ne ajuta sa acalatorim, virtual, in orice colt din lumea asta. Parintii mei o adora, pentru ca, asa, pot sa ma urmareasca in vacantele mele, fie ca sunt pe Champs Elysee in Paris, sau pe o plaja din Australia. Dar micile masinute negre ale Google Street View au colectat un pic mai multe informatii decat doar niste imagini digitale. S-a demonstrat ca au patruns in sistemele Wi-Fi si au strans o multime de date private, de la parole, la adrese de email.
Conform epic.org, controversa legata de Google Street View a inceput cu mai multi ani in urma, in Statele Unite, cand in urma fotografiilor publicate, mai multi americani au dat in judecata compania Google, pentru violarea dreptului la intimitate. Fotografiile erau prea clare, se vedeau numerele de pe placutele de inmatriculare ale masinilor, sau imagini din casele oamenilor, surprinse prin ferestrele deschise. Insa asta nu a fost tot, pentru ca apoi s-a aflat ca masinutele negre ale Google patrundeau in sistemele Wi-Fi private si colectau informatii. Desigur, asta a iscat o multime de proteste, iar Google a decis sa opreasca acest tip de spionaj ilegal. Cazul se judeca la Curtea Suprema de Justitie in America, care va anunta anul acesta sentinta, insa si in Europa sunt mai multe procese pe rol, din aceeasi cauza. Compania, ce a negat la inceput acuzatiile, a recunoscut in cele din urma ca a patruns in sistemele de wi-fi si a colectat date despre adresele URL, adrese de email si continutul acestora, dar si parolele.
Nu-i asa ca este un pic infricosator? Chiar daca in cazul acesta a fost vorba doar de o scapare, tot mi se pare extrem de periculos ce poate face, la un moment dat, aceasta inteligenta artificiala cu secretele noastre. Si cred ca ar trebui sa fim mult mai atenti ce fel de informatii le oferim micilor spioni din calculatoarele noastre. V-ati gandit la asta?
LOve,
O.