[49603] in Cypherpunks
Re: Fair Credit Reporting Act and Privacy Act
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jamesd@echeque.com)
Fri Feb 9 02:29:40 1996
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1996 23:24:01 -0800
To: Tim Philp <bplib@wat.hookup.net>, Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
From: jamesd@echeque.com
Cc: Frank Willoughby <frankw@in.net>, cypherpunks@toad.com
On Mon, 5 Feb 1996, Duncan Frissell wrote:
>> Unfortunately, [a privacy act] would also:
>>
>> * Require government registration of computers and databases containing
>> information about people (whether these computers are used by business or
>> individuals). This eases regulation of computers and future confiscation.
At 07:04 PM 2/5/96 -0500, Tim Philp wrote:
>I don't believe that this follows at all. All that would be required
>would be a statutory obligation to comply with the legislation.
And how can you enforce this statutory obligation? Privacy laws
against private citizens run into the same problem as drug laws:
You need intrusive means to enforce them.
A law "protecting" privacy would require government supervision
of what is on my computer and your computer.
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