Consider the lilies of the field
I used to think that "securing your account with your phone" was a value-add service. Doh. I used to think that "ensure you don't get locked out of your data - register multiple email addresses" was a great idea. Doh. I used to think that having all your documents and photos stored for free was just them being nice, until the penny dropped about facial recognition and location data in pictures. The current debate about "responsible encryption" is so unreal that I wonder if it is a decoy. I am sure there are altruistic organisations out there that only want to help. But I am also sure that they don't use algorithms to work out who to help. Years ago there was a little joke doing the rounds that went "Consider the lilies of the field. And while you're doing that, I'll be over here, going through your stuff". Or something like that.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
