Former DoubleClick Exec Named Privacy Czar

tsu doh nimh writes "A former executive for banner ad giant DoubleClick has been selected to be the first ever privacy czar for the Department of Homeland Security, says this Washingtonpost.com story." Just leaves you speechless ....

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Re:No, she sounds like a great choice.

[10am-bedtime]

well, you kindly provide refutation in the title of your post: SOUNDS like a great choice. literacy that stops at swallowing PR is almost worse than no literacy at all. try to think critically, eh?

oh i forgot, land of the consume[rd], home of the marketeers...

let's just jump to the conclusion while we can still express it publicly. any psychologist versed in modern western culture will tell you: when a woman fronts for a man's dirty work, the perception (of dirt) is lessened. when a man fronts for a woman's dirty work, the perception (of dirt) is enhanced. in this case, the woman is the government corporate (think about it), the man fronting that is the government, and the woman fronting all of that is this "privacy czar".

another bit of irony: isn't the "drug czar" supposed to "fight drugs"? what does that make the privacy czar? so you see it's very easy to confuse the issue at both the general and specific levels: criminalize the legitimate and legitimize the criminal. in this way the society destroys its honor.

Re:Orwell must be laughing his ass off....

[RealTimeFreeAgent]

Right...as if they couldn't find thousands of more qualified choices who actually work with real, honest-to-god privacy advocacy groups....

...whose foam-mouthed zealotry would instantly get him and his office ignored and marginalized in the halls of power, if the parent poster is of any indication.