Because that’s where the money is!

A colleague of mine forwarded me the following this morning and I thought it worth sharing.  http://www.finextra.com/News/fullstory.aspx?newsitemid=20930

I’m not saying any of us are, but I love how collectively we are somehow surprised that a malicious application made it on to one of the hottest new development platforms for mobile anything… 

To paraphrase the so-called “Sutton’s Law” based on the quote that never was, when asked why William “Slick Willie” Sutton robbed banks, the reporter made up the reply, “Because that’s where the money is!”

The future isn’t as bright or as dark as it used to be, but equally dysfunctional!

As I was telling Wayne this morning, I watched George Lucas’ THX 1138 on Netflix last night and it reminded me again of the problems with “Big Internet” or more specifically, “Big Database”.   THX is visually and aurally stunning and all the more interesting considering it was made in 1971 – the year this blogger was born!.  It does great job of portraying the possible misuse of digital data, much like the Orwellian and Brazil-ian views of a dystopian “Big Brother” future.

As I’ve shared with some of you, a quick search of yourself on pipl.com will quickly dash any sense of personal privacy, whether you have a footprint on the internet or NOT.  Go ahead.  Try it.  Look up someone you KNOW is not an internet user.  (Yes, they do exist…) 

On the internet, even if YOUR not on it, we really DO know if you’re a dog…

You’ll see why I have become so adamant about the future of Issuing being that of brokering, protecting and defending the management of access to your personal identity, citizenry, healthcare, financial, educational, vocational, geospatial, association and affiliation, reputational and loyalty information.