phone lookups

[John R T Brazier]

>> John R T Brazier wrote:
>> Um, whilst proving your point, did you check if these people were happy
to
>> have their details spread to this list? Also, what are the 0208...
numbers?

> Ben Wrote:
> Since these details are available on a disk anyone can buy, why check?

But I haven't bought the disk - so should I have these data? And isn't this
the essence of the privacy debate? Just because the disk exists, does it
mean that we now shouldn't care about how our details are spread around?
Although this example is trivial - and I actually wrote in jest - I think
the point is that this is the mindset of "we have the technology - let's use
it" which is corroding privacy in our society.

TTFN

John B


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