Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy

kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) writes:

Salvador Mirzo  <smirzo@example.com> wrote:

Adrian <bulleid@ku.gro.lioff> writes:
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Note my use of "friends" not friends.  When I asked why I was told
that what I don't know can't hurt me.

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Speechless.

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This is pretty typical of Americans today, I think.  If you talk about
privacy, they say they have nothing to hide and accuse you of being
suspicious.

I've noticed that some people say this because they really don't think
much about this.  It's a bit of ignorance perhaps; but not always a
hopeless ignorance.  We are thinkers in these matters; most people are
not. 

For instance, I've seen many intelligent people say things like---``a
site like YouTube shouldn't let every video be posted; some videos are
outrageous''.  (And, indeed, YouTube doesn't let every video be posted.)
They can't quite see that freedom of expression is something that's
all-or-nothing.  This is easy to see for people who think about such
matters for a long time.