IP: A Protective Path Paved in Granola

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: "Mike Anderson" <manders3 () columbus rr com>
> To: <farber () cis upenn edu>
> Subject: A Protective Path Paved in Granola
> Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 09:21:01 -0400
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>
> This is your beat, Dave. Some interesting analogies.
>
> July 15, 2001
>
> YOUR DATA, YOURSELF
> A Protective Path Paved in Granola
> By STEVE LOHR
>
> o understand the state of play for privacy in the digital age, it helps to
> look at environmentalism as it was taking shape in the late 1960's.
>
> At the time, there was a growing concern about the environment. The politics
> were reactive and grass-roots, led initially by activist groups rather than
> traditional politicians. The economic tradeoffs were difficult to measure
> and a subject of much debate. Individual cases of serious pollution caused
> alarm, but the environmental issue also mattered in a broader sense,
> affecting "quality of life."
>
> Today, privacy seems to be on a similar trajectory. Polls show that people
> are increasingly worried about it. The main focus of public anxiety is the
> use of personal information that can be collected and tracked over the
> Internet. But there are also qualms about new tools of surveillance -
> digital video cameras and special software - that the police are using to
> scan crowds for criminals, as was done at the Super Bowl in January and
> began in Tampa a few weeks ago.
>
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/15/weekinreview/15LOHR.html



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