Privacy article

[Peter Fairbrother]

Bruce Schneier has an interestoing article on privacy in his new
crypto-gram:

<http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-0606.html>

The Value of Privacy

""If you aren't doing anything wrong, what do you have to hide?"

Some clever answers: "If I'm not doing anything wrong, then you have no
cause to watch me." "Because the government gets to define what's
wrong, and they keep changing the definition." "Because you might do
something wrong with my information." My problem with quips like these
-- as right as they are -- is that they accept the premise that privacy
is about hiding a wrong. It's not. Privacy is an inherent human right,
and a requirement for maintaining the human condition with dignity and
respect."


The linked comment page

http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/05/is_there_a_good.html

is worth a look too. "Do you have curtains?


-- 
Peter Fairbrother