Mastodon Feedmattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:
Screening The Conversation for my surveillance class, as one does.
One of the relevant (but less often discussed) takeaways of the film is that Harry, despite his vigilant precautions, his considerable expertise, and his crushing paranoia, is completely helpless to defend his own privacy. But he refuses to accept that his skills can't make him invincible.
A similar hubris is all too common among members of my own field.