Sengupta, Somini. "Trust: Ill-Advised in a Digital Age." The New York Times, August 11, 2012.
From the article: "Trust, Mr. Schneier writes, is the glue that binds our
societies. Over centuries we have invented various means of ensuring it: moral
codes, reputation within a certain community, laws and of course security
tools, from embankments, the most primitive kind of defense, to
facial-recognition technology.
The liars he worries about most these days are not cyberwarriors or even
cybercriminals but private companies and government agencies advancing their
own interests, whether for surveillance or commerce. Apple controls the memory
on our iPhones. Google keeps tabs on what we search for, and whom we write to,
when we use Gmail. We unknowingly pledge allegiance to the companies we do
business with" Read more
