Apple CEO Tim Cook told graduates at Stanford University the tech industry is trying to claim credit for innovations without accepting responsibility when things go wrong, especially when it comes to privacy, ZDNet reports. “If we accept as normal and unavoidable that everything in our lives can be aggregated, sold, or even leaked in the event of a hack, then we lose so much more than data,” Cook said. “We lose the freedom to be human.” As government and law enforcement agencies determine ways to intercept conversations, Cook worries about the impact those discoveries will have on the population. “In a world without digital privacy, even if you have done nothing wrong other than think differently, you begin to censor yourself. Not entirely at first. Just a little, bit by bit ... The chilling effect of digital surveillance is profound, and it touches everything.”
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