Dark future of data wars inevitable unless consumers push back
The online campaign to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election is a prelude to a dark future where data will become weaponized by hostile states, unless regulators and consumers push back, says the author of a new book on how to fix the crisis of trust in Silicon Valley.
“There will be major international crises and probably wars built around data,” Andrew Keen says. “There will be a hot data war at some point in the future.”
Source: Dark future of data wars inevitable unless consumers push back, author warns – The Globe and Mail
