[41835] in Cypherpunks
Re: SciAm Bye-Byes Privacy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Duncan Frissell)
Thu Oct 19 22:52:50 1995
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 16:03:06 -0400
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
>Scientific American, November, 1995
>
>Rights of Privacy
>
>Technology has its eyes on you
>
>But the search for personalization in a high-tech world
>may create an uncomfortable situation in the global
>village. Villages are safe places but not very private
>ones. Mrs. Grundy, peering from behind her lace curtains,
>did stop housebreakers. but she also tried to halt many
>other things of which she disapproved. There are signs
>that Grundyism is returning to Britain.
For those who have neglected their education:
1798
Theater --- "Speed the Plough" by English playwright Thomas Morton, 34. "Be
quiet, wull ye [says farmer Ashfield]. Always ding, dinging Dame Grundy into
my ears-What will Mrs. Grundy say? What will Mrs. Grundy think?"
DCF
