>Tim writes:
>[List of many orificers and their SS numbers snipped]
Eric writes:
>But Tim, don't you realize that you, by posting to the list, have just
>placed the banned information into every single Cypherpunks archive on the
>entire Internet?
>Now there are many more URLs people can click on, to see the information
>the judge has ordered not be published.
>Oh Noooooooooooooooooo, Mr. Judge. :)
If some fed thought it would be a "fine public service" to post all of OUR
social security numbers online (truly easier than you know) would you still
think this was anything to be glad about? The fact that such a powerful ID
number exists on anyone at all is the real outrage, why not focus on that.
Promoting the idea of "no expectation of privacy for anyone, especially people
I don't like" hardly seems like a good idea.
Publish away, but realize only thing keeping our social security numbers from
going up en masse tomorrow is common decency and/or fear of a backlash. And
while the fear of retaliation can be wonderful deterrent, that's a really lousy
set of things to have to rely on.
~Faustine.
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'We live in a century in which obscurity protects better than the law--and
reassures more than innocence can.' Antoine Rivarol (1753-1801).
