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Re: There's no general right to privacy -- get over it, from Netly
Declan McCullagh <[email protected]> writes:
> I suspect the scare about privacy has led to muddled thinking.
>
> Free speech is a right that strictly limits the government's ability to
> control what you say. We should have a similar right of privacy from the
> government.
>
> But I give up my free speech "rights" when I attend a college with a wacky
> speech code or go to work at a company with workplace speech policies. My
> choices in those situations are governed by my free speech preferences.
> Similarly, I give up my privacy "rights" when I go to unknown web sites,
> apply for a loan, or post to Usenet, etc. These also are preferences.
I agree with the above.
I also wish for (and work on) technology solutions to do things like post
to Usenet w/o giving up one's privacy.
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<a href="mailto:[email protected]">Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM</a>
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