On 3 Jul 2000, 20:38, Chuq Von Rospach wrote:
> And the sun could go nova tomorrow, so why worry?
Yes, the sun could very well go nova tomorrow. So then, you would
advocate a "What me worry?" attitude? I take it then you don't use
virus scanners or firewalls and you pass out your passwords with
reckless abandon, right? :-)
I like to bet that the sun will hold off a few more days. This
increases my concerns to preserve what little aspect of my privacy I
have left in these short, few days we have left before the sun go boom.
> No offense, but this is a last resort argument with a basis only in
> absolute paranoia. If you took this extreme position about everything in
> life, you'd be paralyzed (or more likely, dead, because the only safe
> state is death...)
This is not a worry on my part. It is a realistic approach to privacy
concerns. And quite simply when I see a lie I like to point it out.
Were it up to me, I would simply tell all dot com firms offering free
services that they need not have a privacy statement at all. Let the
visitor beware. I think the WWW would be a far safer environment if we
all had realistic appraisals of such things as cookies, privacy
statements, port probes, etc. and not be misled into misrepresentation.
Caveat emptor is not paranoia, but rather sound common sense.
Early in my Internet experiences I recognized how ludicrous were the
privacy statements. You learn quick that a healthy distrust of privacy
statements will cut down on the spam, telemarketing calls and junk mail
to which we are inundated every day. Even on our porches...
Alan
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