Yeah, if people want privacy then maybe they should get off their asses and actually go talk to these people. Convenince always comes at a price. They need to realize that. And also, somebody could have always had a recorder of some kind when talking to someone. Even back in the 50s, though it would've had to fit inside a briefcase.
the difficulty in "mak[ing] sure there's no evidence lying around" is exactly what the article is warning us about. stuff is getting saved without your knowledge.and convenience shouldn't have to come at this price.
Actually, I think public officials' acts and communications with staff probably should not be private. So his use of Mark Foley as an example is a nonstarter with me. Maybe if he could use an example of an actual private person's private communication with other private people as an example, it might sell me (and others who don't care for elected officials abusing their status and staff).
Obligatory movie reference: "the Conversation" Frances Ford Coppola directed this between Godfather shoots during the Nixon administration. Gene Hackman is an engineer obsessed with a tape somebody hired him to make of a seemingly innocent couple talking. Fun movie, and explores the front between spying technology and personal privacy rights incredibly well... decades before the subject got the public exposure we see here.
diafelOct 20, 2006
Another fraudulently digged story by DigiDave.
monkeyfitOct 20, 2006
Yeah, if people want privacy then maybe they should get off their asses and actually go talk to these people. Convenince always comes at a price. They need to realize that. And also, somebody could have always had a recorder of some kind when talking to someone. Even back in the 50s, though it would've had to fit inside a briefcase.
robwistarOct 20, 2006
the difficulty in "mak[ing] sure there's no evidence lying around" is exactly what the article is warning us about. stuff is getting saved without your knowledge.and convenience shouldn't have to come at this price.
braininajarOct 20, 2006
"Or common sense."Or complex mathematics (encryption)
romulusnrOct 20, 2006
Actually, I think public officials' acts and communications with staff probably should not be private. So his use of Mark Foley as an example is a nonstarter with me. Maybe if he could use an example of an actual private person's private communication with other private people as an example, it might sell me (and others who don't care for elected officials abusing their status and staff).
Closed AccountOct 20, 2006
Obligatory movie reference: "the Conversation" Frances Ford Coppola directed this between Godfather shoots during the Nixon administration. Gene Hackman is an engineer obsessed with a tape somebody hired him to make of a seemingly innocent couple talking. Fun movie, and explores the front between spying technology and personal privacy rights incredibly well... decades before the subject got the public exposure we see here.