-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Harka wrote:

Implying, that the freedom of an (average) person does not get infringed by (privacy-intrusive) policies "because they can always choose a different company" is IMHO plainly incorrect and out of day-to-day reality for most people. (Also note, that I am not saying companies don't have the right to have such policies)

It sounds like everybody is in agreement, then. Companies have the right to ask their employees to give up some privacy, time, and effort. You are arguing that many employees will opt to give up their privacy rights because that choice is preferable to the others they perceive. Because there is a large number of such people, it is likely that large numbers of people will become accustomed to giving up their privacy and will be sympathetic when other people are forced to give up their privacy. Where there may be some disagreement is whether the solution is to pass even more laws that restrict what choices people may make or to pursue other solutions. Given that the governments of the world are the source of nearly all privacy problems, it seems unlikely that an appeal to government is likely to be productive. Monty Cantsin Editor in Chief Smile Magazine http://www.neoism.org/squares/smile_index.html http://www.neoism.org/squares/cantsin_10.htm -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQEVAwUBNFIjYJaWtjSmRH/5AQHm7gf+NswjBZyddLueZ66LbSw3YA2xcf5U8PLz v8dZaB2RjFqI7GCS8xXKY+fOg7OQ31sy6OR7yOOpHRoeAB5OU1vqR9lAKQwUX26C pp+ROMKT+TRCj1uLaCdSqgCq8I4Hg8TFWHxuVM81si8sgZGDMTD72EmXY32Av9na 8CtQu+vFx7OZiKZeoDl30TkoR3O/bnb9X4KIBNm5TTn2Fld6HL3c/iy1tSGuETnS zLWSUvxqAm761wv/W73A9GAlQpOd+4DiT/rav0HIUcDrhGpGWeEhDgs5l9w6HQ9w U2GbdiWFb74lrGS0pvPAvzfp7cZeWvODUKD/2Zk57YThhlQjIWuvFQ== =Ghfd -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----