On reflection, I now crave the simplicity of my life in the 90’s. The flow of data was slower, less widespread and simpler to secure as not many people knew it was there in the first place.
Today, we are swimming in data flows and everyone is their own system administrator. iOS Beta 3 is now available, I can’t see the differences but no doubt the vendor is crunching an exabyte of test device data. I’m still hooked on the Screen Time application.
I’m part of the generation that didn’t realise what it actually meant to push all end-users to be Network-centric and eventually dependent. Now, turn off the Network and all hell breaks loose. The option to live an offline digital life is now cumbersome, awkward and attracts suspicion as to why you are “not online”.
Data availability
28 years ago I knew users would have to be on the network to make data availability work, now I realise that helping to create that dependency was a mistake. And like South Londoner, Michelle Wallen sang so wonderfully as Pica Paris “I Should’ve Known Better”.
Of course, it creates a nice arena for Data Privacy specialist like me.