Sept. 25

Matters of security and privacy online always seem strange and surreal compared to their physical counterparts. Maybe it's because online it's all just words and data swarming around, there aren't any human beings you can touch or see, just images and text that represent human beings. Your ability to hurt and harm and your ability to be hurt and be harmed only occur through the web as a proxy and a tool. The anonymity and distance make the actions and the consequences of those actions online seem so much less grave, so much less serious than any kind of dangers that exist in physical reality. There’s no bodily harm to be had online. I don’t know… classes like this one are always strange. Discussions based around fear and concern and worry tend to rub me the wrong way. They’re grating like fingernails on a chalkboard. I don’t really know why that is.