Declan McCullagh <declan@pathfinder.com> writes:
I suspect the scare about privacy has led to muddled thinking.
Free speech is a right that strictly limits the government's ability to control what you say. We should have a similar right of privacy from the government.
But I give up my free speech "rights" when I attend a college with a wacky speech code or go to work at a company with workplace speech policies. My choices in those situations are governed by my free speech preferences. Similarly, I give up my privacy "rights" when I go to unknown web sites, apply for a loan, or post to Usenet, etc. These also are preferences.
I agree with the above. I also wish for (and work on) technology solutions to do things like post to Usenet w/o giving up one's privacy. --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps