The tensions between secrecy, privacy and security in the surveillance state.
“Every time we ask the government to provide goodnesses that can only be done with more data, we are asking government to collect more data.” “If you are a pessimist, then your definition of a state of privacy will be mine: the effective capacity to misrepresent yourself” "The price of freedom is the probability of crime." http://geer.tinho.net/geer.uncc.9x13.txt Interesting talk that treats these questions as actual tradeoffs rather than a black and white moral narrative. (Or a playground for recreational outrage.) - Jim _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
