tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558636046189251768.post783208158844719707..comments2023-11-07T08:29:35.743+00:00Comments on The Symbiotic Web blog: Now we're all at it... especially the good guys...Paul Bernalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04328860700793073068noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558636046189251768.post-69872771263017006692010-03-19T06:49:24.692+00:002010-03-19T06:49:24.692+00:00It's a very good point - but one that I hope g...It's a very good point - but one that I hope governments and law enforcement will have to take on board in the future. People's desire and need for privacy, their feelings that 'being tracked' isn't something that they want, should be taken more seriously. The whole 'if you've got nothing to hide, you've got nothing to fear' argument is flawed - if nothing else, because avoiding 'fear' isn't the only thing that matters. I may not 'fear' anything in particular, but I still don't want to be tracked, and I believe I should have that right - in balance and in proportion of course.<br /><br />As for explaining it, I think ultimately that's why I believe in setting out a lot of these kinds of things as 'rights'. That may be a way to get law enforcement and other authorities to take them more seriously.Paul Bernalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04328860700793073068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558636046189251768.post-76789773098119043972010-03-18T14:24:12.513+00:002010-03-18T14:24:12.513+00:00This reminded me of something I read the other day...This reminded me of something I read the other day about the reasons why e-money has not had the spectacular success predicted for it: <br /><br />"The true 'innovation' that will matter is how to advance from a paper $100 bill to a digital $100 bill without losing the anonymity and privacy features of the paper cash. It hasn't been done yet, because governments don't want that innovation. In the meantime, we should reject all digital monies until, at a bare minimum, it can maintain the privacy of a simple paper $100 bill." (http://thefinanser.co.uk/fsclub/2010/03/why-paypal-et-al-dont-matter.html)<br /><br />There seems to be an aspect to anonymity that we value independently of the need to keep our activities secret, and maybe also independently of what is normally protected by the right to privacy, such as family life. But how do you explain that to law enforcement?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17283907493083768181noreply@blogger.com