[14766] in Cypherpunks
Re: Keep Out--The Journal of Electronic Privacy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Westrope)
Sun Jun 5 17:13:51 1994
To: John.Schofield@f903.n102.z1.fidonet.org
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: adwestro@ouray.Denver.Colorado.EDU (Alan Westrope)
Date: Sun, 05 Jun 1994 14:43:18 -0600
In-Reply-To: <4670.2DF18F6B@mcws.fidonet.org>
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> Keep Out
> The Journal of Electronic Privacy
>
> There is a well-established constitutional right to privacy in the United
> States. We have this right today because of the wisdom and forethought of our
> founding fathers.
Odd, but my copy of the Constitution (w/amendments) doesn't even contain
the word "privacy," let alone any mention of a "right to privacy." (*Damn*
these variorum editions!) There is the Fourth Amendment, of course, but
the right to be secure against unreasonable searches and seizures is not
synonymous with the right to privacy, IMO.
I believe it was in Katz v. U.S. (1967) that the Supreme Court first
enunciated the doctrine of a "reasonable expectation of privacy." It's
interesting that it took the advent of telecommunications to bring this
issue to the fore -- Katz was a wiretapping case. Of course,
#define IM_A_LAWYER FALSE
And I may be wrong about all this, but it's too nice to stay inside and
confirm my facts. :-)
Alan Westrope <awestrop@nyx.cs.du.edu>
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