We have got to get ourselves a real version of the GDPR and then enforce it. The EU hit it out of the park with the GDPR and their regulatory bodes that investigate and fine violators.
This one’s not really new. It’s essentially the basis of the entire FSF manifesto and the purpose behind the GPL in the first place. If you don’t have the source code to your tech, you have no real idea what’s happening to your information while you use it.
Adding a TOR layer on top of a black box OS might provide some privacy for your network traffic, but the system calls being called by the browser are inherently untrustworthy to begin with.
Or, to sum up “Proprietary untrustworthy, open source more trustworthy,” which still isn’t as pithy as your quip.
We have got to get ourselves a real version of the GDPR and then enforce it. The EU hit it out of the park with the GDPR and their regulatory bodes that investigate and fine violators.
https://trustcassie.com/resources/blog/the-backbone-of-the-gdpr