[81772] in Cypherpunks
Re: There's no general right to privacy -- get over it, from Netly
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Fri Jun 13 21:06:50 1997
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 97 18:44:13 EDT
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.95.970613105505.13113D-100000@cp.pathfinder.com>
Reply-To: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Declan McCullagh <declan@pathfinder.com> writes:
> I suspect the scare about privacy has led to muddled thinking.
>
> Free speech is a right that strictly limits the government's ability to
> control what you say. We should have a similar right of privacy from the
> government.
>
> But I give up my free speech "rights" when I attend a college with a wacky
> speech code or go to work at a company with workplace speech policies. My
> choices in those situations are governed by my free speech preferences.
> Similarly, I give up my privacy "rights" when I go to unknown web sites,
> apply for a loan, or post to Usenet, etc. These also are preferences.
I agree with the above.
I also wish for (and work on) technology solutions to do things like post
to Usenet w/o giving up one's privacy.
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