Author: Michael Cummings
Date: 07:46:09 07/01/00
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On July 01, 2000 at 10:14:37, Mogens Larsen wrote: >On July 01, 2000 at 10:01:12, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>Connected, but not the same thing. Privacy law in the US dictates what can and >>can not be released about private individuals. But the "identity" of someone >>is not part of the data that is protected. The type of privacy that some seem >>to want is the ability to put on a completely new face, and be able to go out in >>public and do anything they want, from robbing a bank to shooting someone. Then >>by removing that phony face, they have no fear of facing the consequences of >>their actions. >> >>I don't call that privacy. I call it lunacy. > >I agree. What's so horrible about taking the consequences of what you say and >do? I'm convinced that it builds character and improves your argumentational >skills fighting for your convictions behind your own name. With a fake identity >it's easy to run away and hide somewhere else, but it won't do you any good in >the long run. Anonymity and privacy are not the same thing no matter what the >context might be. > >Best wishes... >Mogens Yes thats fine about a name in regard to CCC. But then it is a matter of how this information is gained in order to prove this, and how the people at the other end then store and use this information.
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