We often talk about taking control of our cultural narrative. That whole narrative discussion and exchange of ideas is usually a cultural diatribe aimed at the mainstream media. In contrast, what about taking control of our communications online? Many of us know that despite the convenience of email, the manner in which the messages are transmitted is merely a communication platform for governments and corporations to snoop on the customers that rely on it.
We ought to give some critical thought to owning our communications by creating the companies and managing the services that process the data. Otherwise, we will forever be at the mercy of email service providers (ESPs) or Internet service providers (ISPs) that continue to snoop on our valued communications and then use the data to create competitive advantages for the corporations they manage and/or share the data under the guise of partnerships with various entities, including the government.
A 2019 article posted on CurrentWare’s website, an IT company that provides monitoring solutions for the internet and software programs, revealed that Gmail had “become the global leader in email services,” hosting over 1.8 billion active user accounts today. Imagine the kind of advantage Google and its partners have over companies, institutions, and individuals that use its Gmail service. If we can’t take control of our communications, then we don’t have control over our destinies.
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