Privacy isn't always about authorities. It's also about keeping your snooping neighbors from knowing everything about you, for example. Another example of privacy that doesn't involve authorities, is that bad guys should not have easy access to identifying information about myself.
A more fitting example for this discussion is that I don't want marketers to pigeon-hole me using data they're collecting from the set-top box, thus potentially altering the input I receive (via TV, internet, etc.) in a manner that I can't easily control; i.e. I'd like to manage my environment, and so do marketers. Dan W. > I think I know the problem here. You're presuming that, if you watch > something 'wrong,' that the authorities will come after you. ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.