David Brin on Privacy
"What bugs me terribly is that there have been no accompanying and countervailing powers of oversight, enabling citizen watchdog groups to observe how these new powers of vision are used. That second half of the deal was never offered to us. Nor did most of our protectors in the civil liberties community even ask.... I just believe we'll all be able to enforce our own privacy much better if those few important secrets are kept in a general ambiance of accountable openness, one in which there are very few Peeping Toms because of a high probability that they'll get caught. Privacy will be better protected in a generally open environment." [via Slashdot]
An interesting interview with Brin, in which he recognizes the "hierarchy of privacy needs." There is a spectrum after all, Tivo to Terrorism. I haven't read his book The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us to Choose Between Privacy and Freedom?, but it sounds interesting. Unfortunately, Audible doesn't have it, and that's the main way I "read" books these days.
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