"why privacy" revisit

[Jonathan Gaw]

the responses i've gotten have been all too theoretical and, i believe, too
hypothetical and removed for most people. when asked if they value their
privacy, the public overwhelmingly agrees. when asked what their privacy
means to them, i don't think they have a solid answer. i get the sense that
most people don't see the hazards of corporations analyzing their buying
patterns, voter registration records and medical records. i don't think it
has come home to most people. 

i don't disagree with the people on the list. i am just having a hard time
translating it to the public in concrete terms. 

j.
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>At 09:50 PM 3/22/97 -0500, you wrote:
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>> In> when i talk to people like the Direct Marketer's Assn., they honestly
>> In> don't understand what the fuss is about. Their attitude is, quite
>> In> literally, "What's the harm being done here?"
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>> In> what do you think the community interested in privacy protection can
>> In> do to best illustrate to the general public the "harm" in the
>> In> collection of personal information?
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>>Information warfare. Collect information about DMA people, using
>>their own weapons against them. Then post it somewhere on the
>>Internet via remailers and cc themselves, Reuters and the New York
>>Times...
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>>Ciao
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>>Harka
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>>If encryption is outlawed, only outlaws will have encryption...
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