The Hidden Cost of Privacy

[dan at geer.org]

"R.A. Hettinga" writes:
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| Whit Diffie once said that only business, not government, can protect
| itself from on-line attacks.
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| 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