Privacy and the use of cell phones.

[Jaap-Henk Hoepman]

On Thu, 8 Mar 2001 14:42:06 +0100  Owen Lewis <oml@eloka.demon.co.uk>
writes:
> [...]
> It's been touched on before that the views and concerns expressed by
most
> who gather at such watering holes as ukcrypto are probably not
> representative of the general public but does any one know of other
evidence
> to suggest that the European public is more concerned than the
American that
> its discussions should not be open to eavesdropping?

Judging from the conversations I overhear in the train while commuting,
I'd say
no....

Many surveys report that people think privacy is important to them. The 
problem is that people fail to act accordingly. See e.g. the success of 
loyalty schemes at the supermarket that allow tracking op shopping
habbits.
One can only conclude that any technique to protect the privacy of
people
should be completely transparent to them: it should not make thinkgs
more
difficult for them, and should not require any extra actions on their
part.

Jaap-Henk

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