Over-Sharing Crowd to Ponder Privacy at SXSW The South by Southwest Interactive conference has gone mainstream by celebrating social tools like Twitter Inc. (TWTR) that thrive on personal data posted online. This year’s event will explore the privacy implications of all that sharing. With more than 30,000 attendees gathering today for the four-day forum in Austin, Texas, speakers and panels will reconsider their role in protecting shared data after years of encouraging customers to put more of their life on the Web. Hugh Forrest, the symposium’s director, said the focus on security and privacy follows last year’s revelations of online spying by the U.S. National Security Agency in documents leaked by former government contractor Edward Snowden, who will speak at South by Southwest via video on the conference’s last day. The disclosures have stirred debate over the industry’s role in safeguarding nonpublic information, Forrest said. “We understand more and more the costs of that growth and how much of our data is no longer in our control,” Forrest said. “It’s not as happy and cheery, but it’s important.” This year’s theme is adding a more serious tone to a conference known for music, film and emerging technology. Discussions about privacy are no longer limited to hackers, security [...] newsintx/over-sharing-crowd-to-ponder-privacy-at-sxsw/
Posted on: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 06:02:34 +0000
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