20/Jun 2014
2 min. read
For all the creative vision of technology entrepreneurs, it’s easy to forget a few basic facts about the world we think we know so much about. I had another reminder of this while chatting with a brilliant coworker from Pakistan today.
1) We assume that a smartphone won’t be stollen. In the parts of the world we’re trying to save, we forget that the value of a smartphone itself exceeds the value of the data on it for thief, or official, under whose eyes it passes.
21/Jan 2014
2 min. read
Bring up the word “Security” with indigenous leaders in these countries and they may or may not understand what you’re talking about. They already live an a risk laden environment. Why should they be careful with technology?
Bring up “Security” with expats and they totally get it - to the point of being paralyzed. Is the NSA watching, is the FSB watching? What about phones, what about email? Security is a show stopper rather than an enabler.