I will simply say that most people making speeches about privacy these days don't actually understand what privacy is or why it's important.
On 2/13/15 9:08 PM, Travis Biehn wrote: > From the article > http://www.cbsnews.com/news/obamas-cybersecurity-plan-why-the-government-cant-protect-us/ > > "Dave DeWalt, CEO of security firm Mandiant, a participant in Friday's > summit, hopes that fear of privacy invasion won't get in the way of the > work that needs to get done. He pointed to the way the way public > backlash to government surveillance programs revealed by former NSA > contractor Edward Snowden stymied previous efforts to effectively open > the lines of communication. > > "This balance between privacy and security ebbs and flows and > unfortunately that was a huge setback -- a setback to the tune of > several years," he said. > " > > This is the first that I've ever heard of a tradeoff between privacy and > security in the context of 'cyber security'. > It's interesting to see this common trope for justifying widespread > erosion of privacy in meatspace applied to 'cyber', where it is even > more egregiously wrong. > > Travis >
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