- Research from the World Economic Forum shows it’s becoming easier for citizens to be monitored, allowing governments, technology companies and threat actors to “reach deeper into people’s lives”.
- In response, people are “waking up” to privacy, according to Meredith Whittaker, president of secure messaging service Signal.
- Here, she explores the drivers behind this shift and how it could impact the digital landscape.
Article 25
When I was younger I knew it as the “Right to Food & Shelter”, though I’m not sure if that was taught in a Canadian context.
And I disagree with that document because it mixes positive (freedom to) and negative (freedom from) rights. Article 25 in particular merely places obligations on governments, and is pretty vague.
While I believe everyone should have the things in the document, I don’t think many of them are necessary for an individual to be considered “free.”
For example, let’s imagine a hypothetical communist utopia. There would be no government, and people would share what they have with no expectation of reciprocation (though you’d have a group to manage distribution). Therefore, there’s no entity that can guarantee housing, medical services, etc, that’s on the community to provide, should someone want to. Nobody guarantees a “right” to housing or healthcare or whatever, but you’ll probably have it if you live in a densely populated area.
Likewise with any anarchist utopia.
So that’s why I reject any “right” that lays obligates anyone to do anything for me. A “right” to me is something I have innately that can only be violated through action instead of inaction.