At 5:14 PM -0500 11/12/07, dan@geer.org wrote:

"R.A. Hettinga" writes: | >Privacy no longer can mean anonymity, says Donald Kerr, the principal | >deputy director of national intelligence. | | Anonymity is a fundamental human right. |

true, but having "an expectation of privacy" is the mark of the rube

Indeed. Especially if one expects the *law* to "defend" privacy. For something to even be considered to be a right, it has to first be possible, of course. :-) Cheers, RAH -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'