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November 14, 2007
Anonymity Double-Plus Ungood
From the Washington Post we have “Intel Official: Expect Less Privacy” It seems that highly placed spook Donald Kerr is telling us that when we live in a world where our freedoms are continuously threatened, we must make sure we defend them. And if any of these freedoms get in the way of defending them, they’ll just have to go.
In fairness, his remarks really amount to a plea not to confuse privacy and anonymity; a distinction I’ve been harping on for years. However, he managed to couch his argument in such Orwellian terms that I doubt his message is likely to survive its manner of delivery. Also, I’m not convinced that all of the things he equated with anonymity are really that; some sounded more like, well, privacy.
Filed under General.
Posted by eric at November 14, 2007 03:22 AM