Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/08
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What I find most amusing is that the some of the more obviously politically conservative members of this group - whom one would expect to be outraged - are the ones who throw up their hands and say, 'well, what do you expect' in regard to the misuse of what is supposed to be private information.
As to those who suggest that all hope was lost - in terms of privacy - 50 or even 85 years ago - I know that as recently as 30 years ago many major institutions - banks, phone companies, etc. - wouldn't produce spit without first receiving a valid subpoena. Were there exceptions and violations? Sure - Jedgar Hoover and his boys certainly ran roughshod over every type of civil liberty. But as a rule, there was still general respect for the sanctity of certain personal information. What some of us are bemoaning really is a relatively new phenomenon, and it has gotten markedly worse since 9/11.
B. D.
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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of George Lottermoser
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 1:37 PM
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Subject: Re: [Leica] Perhaps more reason to avoid ebay
joecodi@clearsightusa.com (Joseph Codispoti)7/8/03
>The more we think we are private, the less privacy we are accorded. The
>more we expect privacy, the more we are disappointed.
While I appreciate the pragmatist¹s attitude in these matters, can we not also attempt to keep a few things somewhat private. Don¹t I have the right to my own Social Security Number, Bank account numbers, etc. Or are you suggesting that these numbers cab be public information, available to and useable by anyone. Should anyone and everyone have the right to know what I buy, where I shop, what drugs I take, who I phone and when and how long I talk to them? Within the last couple days I¹m receiving spam which suggests that I¹m sending spam because some spammer grabbed my email address and used it as a ³from². I consider these types of intrusions and uses of my identity and records to fall into the ³over the top² category; and believe that I should have some legal means of stopping such intrusions and id thefts; not the opposite.
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