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Privacy (was Re: Something that just crossed my mind. Sorry.)
At 10:01 AM 5/31/96 -0700, Sandy Sandfort wrote:
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> SANDY SANDFORT
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>>Two quick answers:
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>1) What big business wants and what it would be
> willing to accept in order to make sales, are
> two different things. While demographic data
> are nice, an more robust economy full of big
> spenders is better.
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>2) Big businesses are made up of individuals.
> Most individuals would still prefer to have
> their own privacy preserved even if they would
> prefer less privacy for others.
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I think what most people want is no surprises, by that I mean that peoples
perceptions of privacy should match reality. In many cases that will mean
no demographics. However there are a lot of situations where people will
trade information for something they perceive as having value. I see
nothing wrong with this *if* there is informed consent.
John Pettitt, [email protected]
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