Re: Lightning talk at W3C camp

On Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Dan Brickley wrote:

> On 18 April 2012 15:22, Karl Dubost <karld@opera.com (mailto:karld@opera.com)> wrote:
> >  
> > Le 18 avr. 2012 à 09:11, Dan Brickley a écrit :
> > > The 'privacy is dead, get over it' line risks having us
> > > give up on the possibility for private online communication rather
> > > prematurely.
> >  
> >  
> >  
> > And… it is not true. Once again, what is privacy (in _your own_ definition)?
> > I have my own idea, but I'm curious about this line of thought.
> > Could Peter or Dan explain?
>  
>  
>  
> I won't attempt an inclusive definition - it's probably a loose
> family-resemblance kind of concept.
>  
> But in this context - I value in particular the ability for people to
> say and do things online with some technically and social/legally
> grounded evidence that unexpected others aren't monitoring and logging
> one's activities, e.g. to allow anonymous or pseudonymous activities.
> In practice, you have to be very technical and have time on your hands
> to achieve that without placing some trust in big companies to (a)
> behave well (b) be easily infiltrated (c) be forced into misbehaviour
> by govts.
>  


I like "the right to be let alone". It's clear and simple, and defines privacy as a right (which should be protected by law).

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