On Thu, 12 Jun 1997, Tim May wrote:
According to Netscape spokesmen, this feature was added to the kernel of Mosaic, then Navigator, in 1993, as part of the Clipper Key Recovery Program. As James Clarke put it an interview tonight on MSNBC, "Dorothy Denning asked us to insert the "remote read" capabilities to ensure that the legitimate needs of law enforcement are met. No person cruising the Web has any expectation of privacy, as even Declan McCullagh has pointed out."
Tim misrepresents my position, or does not understand it. I did not say that. Rather, I argued that you have no "right of privacy" that allows you generally to restrict the right of others to gossip, trade, or otherwise share information about you. Such a rule would violate their rights of free speech. Like Marc, I hope there is still some role for truth in the debate about privacy issues. -Declan