At 10:15 PM 9/6/95, Rob Lowry wrote:
Beyond having the willies.. This is more than just scary, it feels like rape when you think about it for awhile. Everything you buy, on credit, is recorded and sold to someone who wants to know your secrets. Everytime you make a banking transaction, someone is watching and compiling the data.
Is there any legal recourse to get your name removed from the sellable list? Or is it too late and we can not save even the vestiges of our privacy?
Rob, I have entered this posting of yours into the "BlackNet Dossier Service" I operate. Sounds creepy and scary, eh? Well, it's part of freedom. The "legal recourse" you mention about having your name taken off lists kept by people or agencies ultimately involves visits by the authorities to private homes (like mine) to verify that the data are being "properly collected" and that no "illegal or incorrect data" are being stored. If someone wants something kept secret, the solution is to keep it secret. If someone doesn't want their postings going into my 220 megabyte file of postings, they shouldn't send them to me. Or they should adopt a digital pseudonym, unlinkable to their True Name or any other nyms they may have. Things are much simpler and less stressful when you don't look to the law to fix things. --Tim May ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^756839 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders are just speed bumps on the information superhighway."