Thread by @dataswift_io

COVID-19 is making us believe that there are trade-offs required in modern #technology. You can have #privacy or you can have functionality but you cannot have both. Well, here are 4 Myths of Modern Privacy that we believe need to be debunked. +
dataswift.io/newsblog/moder…

Myth #1:
You’re always private on the edge (but don’t you ever leave it!).

Keeping #personaldata on the device is very #privacy-friendly. But software is emerging now which can be owned by the individual and created in the cloud...
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#Personaldataservers such as these combine #privatedata storage with the advantages of cloud functionality, and for the first time are making truly private application-building a new paradigmatic technology architecture.
#privatecloud #technology +

Myth #2:
#Privacy isn’t important because these are extraordinary times.

If we’re going to have contact tracing apps I think we need to also have them be privacy-preserving. Not doing so and forcing a compromise kind of feels amateurish.
#covid19 #pandemic #FlattenTheCurve +

Myth #3:
Privacy just means deleting the #data afterward.

This isn’t sufficient. We shouldn’t be asked to just #trust our governments, and a mature understanding of data must separate its value from its responsible handling.
#responsibledata #NHS
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Myth #4:
The #privacy problem is solved simply by trust.
Privacy-by-design mentality says don’t ask your users to have to trust you, show them that they can....+
#trust

That means that our trusted organisations, like our governments, and national health services, can’t abuse our trust just because we have goodwill. Privacy needs to be preserved by trusted organisations just like their trust does.+

We shouldn’t have to compromise. Download our full analysis on Contact Tracing Applications and the NHSX here:
dataswift.io/modern-privacy