BT 2006 trials of Phorm

[Ian Batten]

On 06 Jun 08, at 1422, Wendy M. Grossman wrote:

> Ian Batten wrote:
>
>> A lot of people have a conditional attitude to privacy: they're  
>> prepared to sell it for small sums of money, and apply a ``what  
>> harm have I suffered?'' calculus to breaches.  Privacy as an  
>> abstract concept doesn't resonate.  Which is why ``those with  
>> nothing to hide'' has such
>
> My usual answer to the 'nothing to hide' meme is to suggest that the  
> speaker would be happy to receive all his bank statements on post  
> cards.

I suspect that you're spending too much time amongst people you know.   
A great many people would, I suspect, be perfectly happy to do just  
that in exchange for a Mars Bar and a brightly coloured pen.     
There's a middle class squeamishness about revealing one's income, of  
course, but beyond that (a feeling many people don't have) I'm not  
sure I can see what the problem would be.  Why do you think bank  
statements are uniquely or, at least, obviously invasive?  What  
information  is on them that is likely to cause a problem?

ian