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08.13.19

2019 Tech Glossary

Posted in Deception at 11:53 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

A de facto fallacy.

A dictionary

Summary: This clavis refers to what the de facto definition may be, based on how (and when) media uses the words nowadays

Cloud: server you don’t control or own
Serverless: server you cannot even access
Smart: surveillance
Big Data: surveillance using “cloud” (see above)
Assistant: surveillance using a small device
Speaker: microphone, sometimes “smart” (see above) because it sends audio streams to a “cloud”
Open Source: may contain freely-accessible source code for some portions of the product
Free: temporarily accessible free of charge (also known as bait)
API: access point for surveillance
AI: algorithm that collects data
4IR: something new or needing to sound novel
App: proprietary, contained software that limits what users can do
DevOp: overworked software developer you can wake up at any time of the day (and night) or sysadmin you can ask to code
Security: national security, i.e. back doors, but not too many (or not too obvious)
Standards: means for passing surveillance data (or “big data”) around
Community Edition: see “Free” above
Enterprise Edition/Enterprise Software: proprietary software
Foundation: a corporate front group for PR/lobbying purposes (e.g. Mozilla Foundation, Linux Foundation)
Privacy: GUI controls to give people a perception of control over data
Inclusiveness: corporate posturing for the appearance of tolerance or disregard for technical merit/quality in pursuit thereof
Openness: friendliness towards business, profit
Values: personification of corporations, ascribing feelings and ideologies to a collective of shareholders
Agile: more managers and bureaucrats, less of the rest
Self-driving: driven by corporations instead of people
Innovation: patent monopolies that give market exclusivity
IoT: devices with security holes in them (see security above)
Engagement: puff piece or AstroTurfing
Review: shipping of a product to someone with a site (or access to one) in exchange for an advertisement that looks like an article
Sponsorship: bribe
Keynote: exchanged for sponsorship (see above)
Manager: non-technical person who can leverage ignorance to overrule technical people who voice concerns about ethics

And now it’s readers’ turn to come up with more.

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