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Privacy Concerns Moving Into The Mainstream

Posted by Hemos on from the getting-the-attention-it-deserves dept.

Realistic_Dragon writes "The BBC today ran a thoughtful radio article (website, transcript, real audio) on the issues of privacy vs practicality in our modern society. An ideal primer for those that haven't given these things much thought before, with a balanced treatment of the subject and very few technical errors to drive one up the wall. Listening to the narrator's acerbic comments in reply to those that advocate the innocent have nothing to fear mantra is worth the download alone. Is this the kind of image that is presented in the media in the rest of the world, or are they still running with the 'big brother is your friend' party line?"

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  1. Re:BBC by tehcyder · · Score: 5, Informative
    The BBC is an independent corporation, albeit largely funded by the public. It is most definitely *not* government controlled, most recent governments have had a lot of trouble with the BBC.

    Although from the outside it might seem confusing, the BBC is actually far more independent and objective than most commercial broadcasters.

    I know this will not go down well with a lot of Americans, who probably conflate the BBC and the old Soviet Russia-era news services in their minds.

    --
    To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it
  2. BBC by bobintetley · · Score: 5, Informative

    Is this the kind of image that is presented in the media in the rest of the world, or are they still running with the 'big brother is your friend' party line?"

    Quote from Douglas Adams in Wired.
    ...Television companies are not in the business of delivering television programmes to their audiences, they're in the business of delivering audiences to their advertisers. (This is why the BBC has such a schizophrenic time - it's actually in a different business from all its competitors)...