On reflection, I now crave the simplicity of my life in the 90\u2019s.\u00a0 The flow of data was slower, less widespread and simpler to secure as not many people knew it was there in the first place.<\/p>\n
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Today, we are swimming in data flows and everyone is their own system administrator.\u00a0 iOS Beta 3 is now available, I can\u2019t see the differences but no doubt the vendor is crunching an exabyte of test device data.\u00a0 I\u2019m still hooked on the Screen Time application.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m part of the generation that didn\u2019t realise what it actually meant to push all end-users to be Network-centric and eventually dependent.\u00a0 Now, turn off the Network and all hell breaks loose.\u00a0 The option to live an offline digital life is now cumbersome, awkward and attracts suspicion as to why you are \u201cnot online\u201d.<\/p>\n
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.\u00a0 And like South Londoner, Michelle Wallen sang so wonderfully as Pica Paris \u201cI Should’ve Known Better\u201d.<\/p>\n Of course, it creates a nice arena for Data Privacy specialist like me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On reflection, I now crave the simplicity of my life in the 90\u2019s.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 iOS Beta 3 is … <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/clickonyx.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/mica.jpg\")