Comments on: Should you have a reasonable expectation of privacy on the Internet?

By: Sachin Ganpat

Tue, 03 Sep 2013 00:15:09 +0000

I agree with you. It was Benjamin Franklin who said that ~ “Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.”

We should have privacy, but to do that, we must do the things necessary to have that security, and not trust others to provide it for us.

An interesting question for you, do you think the American Revolutionary War could have happened, if the level of surveillance we have now, existed then?

Privacy also allows revolutionary things to take place.

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By: John Thompson

Tue, 27 Aug 2013 12:04:10 +0000

Cyber-world should mirror the “real” world. In the real world there are always people watching you, minding your business, listening to overhear what you say, following you etc. Also the police are watching you and everyone trying to prevent crime. The same goes for the cyber-world you are being watched but as in the real world your home is your castle. So everyone in cyber-world also needs a castle where they can do private things out of public view. An online home-space so to speak is what we should be clamouring for? There a quote that says “Anyone who is willing to surrender freedom for security, deserves neither”

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By: monie

Fri, 23 Aug 2013 18:10:34 +0000

No and I don’t expect it. The internet is a public domain and more of us need to realise that. If its online someone else can see it . Scary but true. Like Eric Schmitt suggested some years ago if its private and you dont want other to see it then you probably should not be doing it online. Yes we have given up privacy for convenience results of laziness and being cheap.
I don’t like the thought of it and wrestled with it for sometime but the convenience won me over. I do however try to be a careful as possible with my personal data which is what I think persons need to be educated on.Especially with sites such as Google and Facebook.

I missed the gmail article I shall go find it.

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