Fighting a losing
Battle ?
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Following news appeared in DNA ( 15 Jan ) :
“ Govt asks staff of intel agencies,
defence units to ditch Ola , Uber “
To stave off any kind of sabotage from
forces inimical to the country, the government has asked the officials of
intelligence agencies and defence establishments not
to use share or pool facilities of online cab aggregators such as OLA and Uber.
The precautionary measure has been taken
to keep the identity of officials and their
destination secret so that the information that may be revealed to
co-passengers or driver cannot be used to target them or specific locations or
dignitaries.
According to sources, the instruction
has been issued for officials staying or
working at or inside sensitive locations and defence establishments across the
country.
In Delhi, specific instructions have
been issued against hiring share or pool taxis to reach sensitive locations
such as north and south bloc, Rashtrapati Bhawan, key places in Lutyens’ zone
and Delhi Cantonment. They have also been directed to avoid commuting by online or mobile app-based cab aggregators.
WHAT NEXT ?
Next expect the government to ask its
officers not to use in their homes , internet
enabled devices ( including Smart phones ) , embedded with AI software such
as :
#
Cortana (
Microsoft )
# Bixie
( Samsung )
# Assistant (
Google )
# Siri
( Apple )
# Alexa
( Amazon )
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WHY ?
These devices learn a lot about ,
·
WHO
you are ,
·
WHERE you live / work ,
·
WHAT you
like / wear ,
·
HOW you dress ,
·
WHERE you take your family for holidays / eat out ,
·
WHO is your boss / are
your friends,
·
WHERE you buy and WHAT ,
·
WHERE you studied and WHAT
did you study ,
·
WHICH is your bank / WHAT
is your bank account ,
·
WHAT is your current salary ,
·
HOW much tax you paid last year ,
·
WHAT properties you own and WHERE
( and , at WHAT price
purchased / WHEN )
HOW ?
·
Through the day , you “ order “
these devices to “ carry out “ your commands or ask
them all kinds of questions (
replacement for Google searches )
These
devices are transmitting all of these voice-interactions
to CLOUD servers of those companies, to find right
/ wrong answers or just regret and
suggest that you subscribe to their , some or other “ paid service “ !
When
100 million device-owners ask 20
questions ( or commands ) daily , the CLOUD compiles 2,000 million “ questions
/ commands “ , processes these data using AI / Machine Learning , and “
learns “ a lot about you !
Their
premise is simple :
The more info you “ reveal “ about yourself , the better the service
that you get !
And , before
long , you may not even need to “ ASK “ anything by speaking out
These
devices will just “ READ “ your unspoken
thoughts !
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I
am tempted to believe that such a scenario is entirely possible !
Those
who have any doubt might want to look up ( on BBC web site ) , last week’s episode of CLICK , where a software geek gave a demo
of a computer , embedded with an improvised ALEXA (
with speech capability )
A
person from the audience was invited on the stage / given a stack of playing
cards / asked to pick one at RANDOM ( without showing it to either the
anchor or the audience ) and requested to just THINK about that card ( - not think aloud ! )
That
person did NOT wear any headset ,
nor was he, in any way connected to ALEXA by wires or wirelessly – which was some 15 feet away from him
!
Then
he asked ALEXA to tell everybody , what card he was “ thinking about “
ALEXA
accurately determined and announced a playing card held by that person !
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Tomorrow,
when Supreme Court starts final hearing about Aadhar
Vs Privacy , will some lawyer “ educate
“ the Hon Judges with what to expect next ?
15 Jan 2018
www.hemenparekh.in
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