A Law of Transparency

Right, well, I'll be starting this post off saying how great a particular movie was...that movie...is...Skyfall! Yes I know, some may hate it, others may think it so exciting that it will be one of the major events that have happened in their lives. Well...I'm one of those people. I fell in love with James Bond, because the hype. Actually, I told myself, I will not get involved with the hype, after all it's just a movie...wrong. As the time came closer for our booked viewing, my sister and I got so excited, that we compared our father's driving skills to that of James Bond! YES WE DID! And I am ashamed to say this, but it was worth it!

Anyway, going off topic, the reason I titled this post as "A Law of Transparency" is because there was a parallel between real life, and the movie, which may not have been noticed, or intended. And as a Media Studies student, I shall be inclined to think that the "text" was intended with a negotiated view/reading, since there are multiple meanings that I have discovered. One was the security aspect of the movie. You see the villain, was very well versed in computer techniques, I mean he could hack into any computer system and shutdown a country, if he wanted to. This very much reminded me of a book that I am currently reading, (for media studies) about a controversial topic, about governmental secrets exposed by a certain website, namely WikiLeaks. Anyway, in the book I read that Julian Assange, had hacked into the Guardian internal network, and read the contents of emails of the editors of that newspaper. You can see why I think that the movie is connected in a way, anyway, I don't think the producers intended it, but I just found that little tidbit, which I found interesting, and it got me thinking, about the topic.

If there are hackers who can access practically everything, are we really safe? And I don't just mean physically, because no matter what we do, no matter what legislation the government issues, there will always be a threat in cyberspace, because these hackers can access anything, if they tried.

So...what can we do to tackle this? Well, I don't really know, I mean a law of transparency, as Assange puts it, is something that we all need to face, after all the internet is full of opportunities to make transparent things that we know, which we don't want others to know (if that makes sense). But if we do, and we put everything out there that is in all effect private information, what about fraud? How will we know that someone else isn't taking our names and abusing it? As Shakespeare once declared, in a most famous play, that everyone knows, "What's in a name? A rose by any other would smell as sweet?" well...yes it would, but it identifies it. If we were all the same, like robots in a production line, we wouldn't know who's who, it all comes down to identification.

So, what do you think? Should we make everything transparent, or not? I understand why the government would want to keep a few secrets, but secrets that could be vital for the public to know? I don't know, maybe it's something they can't say, because of a reason or another, but in any case, it's their decision.

Now, back to the movie, it was (as the Americans put it) AWESOME!!!!! I loved it, and the ending is especially sad...those who've watched it. You know what I mean!...I didn't cry at any particular thing, except the car...One question...in all the Bond movies...why, and I emphasize WHY! Do they practically disintegrate the CARS!!!!!! I DON'T UNDERSTAND!!!!! THEY ARE PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF NOT DAMAGING IT OR COMPLETELY ANNIHILATING THEM!!!!! This is the one thing that I will cry about! Those cars are so beautiful. Note to the producers: STOP DESTROYING THE BEAUTIFUL CARS!!!!!! ><

Anyway, as always, do with this post what you will...God bless! ^^