Rich Kulawiec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Which is really too bad, because it's a real and growing problem.
> And it would be awfully handy if they *could* fix it. But it's
> not gonna happen. If there is a solution, it will be technological
> in nature, simply because only technology can keep up with...technology.
I think a solution is more likely to be found in the will of the
consumer, that is ... me and you demanding privacy guarantees. And
yes, we do need privacy technologies like authentification to enable
us to protect ourselves. But that's not enough.
We need an independent institution which audits privacy
practices. Only if sites have a privacy statement to show, the
implementation of which is guaranteed by an external party, can we as
consumers reveal ourselves in trust.
The real question is, if people are at all interested in privacy. I
don't think most are, right now. I do think many will, eventually. I
think most businesses will be, ultimately. Business thrives on trust.
It is the combined pressures of public demand for, and independent
auditing of, privacy practices, that can make the net safer in this
respect.
:*CU#
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