I cannot imagine being at all entertained by web browsing on a 4 inch screen. I realize that a few popular web sites include mobile versions, but they are comparatively rare. But my question still stands. When do I need to browse the web on a mobile device anyway? While I'm driving? When I'm in the middle of a 15K run? When I go out for dinner and I find that Facebook is more interesting than the people I'm with? If it's the last, I'm in serious trouble. ;)

Many of the things you take issue with are unique to your country. While I do find US con law fascinating, US laws are kinda beside the point, and constitutional amendments are not going to fix the problem.

Canada does have privacy legislation (as does the EU), but laws aren't really a solution. After all, you can pass all the laws you want, but that doesn't mean they can be enforced. Or that they can be enforced globally.

It's illegal to steal someone's identity. Yet it happens frequently. The only way it can be tackled is by educating people about their own responsibilities, and constantly trying to update technology to protect them. When it comes to online harassment and personal data/image theft, it's the same. Without some astounding new technology, personal (and corporate) responsibility is going to have to do. And that also means educating your children about the permanence and easy dissemination of any digital content (from texts to sexts to screenshots of webcam chats). The fact that so many kids are utterly blasé to the risks suggests that their parents never understood them either.

It may just be that the technology is too young and we haven't worked out how to protect ourselves yet. But we can't rely on the government to do it all for us.

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