Stanislav Sinyagin schrieb: >> From: Andre Timmermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > > >> Am Mittwoch, den 08.10.2008, 03:55 -0700 schrieb Stanislav Sinyagin: >> >>> yes, Venty, everyone wants to know what you talk about in your >>> private communications. >>> >> Yihaaa, the *****ng "I don't have anything to hide"-statement. >> > > nope, it's the other thing: If I need to hide something, I use the right > tools :) > > so, if I go once and buy 1000 paper knives, I will not pay by my plastic card > and won't use any Supercard or Cumulus :-) >
Well, in the former GDR (DDR, East Germany), when they had elections, people could use the polling booth to mark the ballot paper in privacy. But most people choose not to - it looked too much as if they had something to hide and might want to vote with "No" (GDR was "famous for 99.9%" results. What people don't seem to "get" is that privacy is something you've got to maintain while you don't really need it - because if you let it erode to the point that it no longer exists, it's too late and you can't reclaim it without large and painful sacrifices. Rainer _______________________________________________ swinog mailing list swinog@lists.swinog.ch http://lists.swinog.ch/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swinog
