Last week I’ve been busy on a ‘media campaign’, spreading myself thin, spreading knowledge (ok: FEAR and DOOM) about soft-cybersecurity and developments in Cyberspace. I was so optimistic during the first 15 years online, creating solutions and enjoying the benefits of free informationi. Then the tide turned and now I’ve been ranting about looming Cyber-issues for a good 15 years – and finally it feels like the audience is receptive and I’m not just the doom and gloom gal. I know I should be thankful that my concerns about Cyberpowers never concerned that many people but I can’t help but feel a little bit validated by recent events in the US that have unveiled the threat I’ve been speaking about, unveiled the ideological drive of tech-giants and shown us the actual threat that they pose to our lives.
While I am glad that people are ready to hear me, I am beyond sad and anxious about the valid reasons. The potential threats and possible effects of foreign tech dominance I’ve been alarmist about have turned into actual threats posing real-life effects on our lives.
Two interviews were long and good enough that I feel they deserve to be shared, the first one was at Samstöðin with Oddný Eir Ævarsdóttir, and a second radio interview on RÚV’s Samfélagið í nærmynd with Pétur Matthíasson.
Samfélagið í nærmynd, playable on RÚV, my part starts around minute 30
https://www.ruv.is/utvarp/dagskra/ras1/2025-04-01/5416795
The talk I gave last Tuesday for the Organization for humane technology (Samtök um mannvæna tækni) was immensely valuable and we managed to have a deep talk about the threats that currently face to Iceland and how we ‘soft-cybersecurity-geeks’ are going to address them. But I’m not going to list that here, there is no need to give our strategies away before we’ve organized.
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