alt Hacker NewsThe death of privacy is definitely a more fundamental issue here, outside of politics. In an ideal world, private citizens, even if they have notorious views, have a right to privacy.
The death of privacy is definitely a more fundamental issue here, outside of politics. In an ideal world, private citizens, even if they have notorious views, have a right to privacy.
> In an ideal world, private citizens, even if they have notorious views, have a right to privacy.
Privacy is definitely important, in an ideal world we'd like to have as much of it as possible but we are now in world that's far from ideal.
> The death of privacy is definitely a more fundamental issue here,
Well, my prior comment was about personal security and why it's so easily, and on so many levels, jeopardized by the lack of privacy. In that light, privacy isn't the more fundamental issue for sure.
We know that "security through obscurity" isn't the best way to get there, it's rough analogy but it does apply here too. The fundamental issues are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, we'd be in a very rough spot if high levels of secrecy were the only way to secure these.
Even under the best of conditions, secrecy has a limited reach and lifespan, it simply doesn't play well with liberty and happiness. So, there are more fundamental issues than privacy, and while more privacy is definitely an enhancer, it's just a knife in gun fight.