"R.A. Hettinga" writes: -+--------------------- | | Whit Diffie once said that only business, not government, can protect | itself from on-line attacks. | | Just as there are no collective rights, there is no such thing as | collective responsibility. | | And, more than anything else, privacy, like self defense, is an | individual responsibility. | Whit also said that, were it not for security, computing would be free by now. Speaking for myself, when a government can no longer protect its citizens, its last duty is to arm them. --dan