Re: Fwd: [Infowarrior] - Why Privacy Matters Even if You Have 'Nothing to Hide'

[Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>]

On 5/27/11 3:09 PM, Paul Ferguson wrote:
> Been traveling, preoccupied, etc., but wanted to ensure that I forwarded this.
>
> It is an excellent treatise on this topic.

There's a difference between having a right to not say anything or 
maintain your secrets, or even live in seclusion, and the expectation to 
have it where it doesn't exist.

Looking to the US constitution, all these arguments about privacy can be 
taken from the 5th Amendment. In the States you have a right to remain 
silent and it should not indicate guilt. This is an old philosophical 
debate with good arguments on both sides.

Re-arguing it is always good -- especially in a society such as that of 
the US where it is a right held sacrosanct. But it is simply moot in the 
case of privacy - as the issues today are on whether it even exists or 
can be expected to exist under certain conditions.

        Gadi.
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