Who Cares If Privacy Is Slipping Away?

IAmTheDave writes, "This morning MSNBC's home page is topped by the opening story in a series, Privacy Under Attack, But Does Anybody Care? Privacy rights have been debated to death here on Slashdot, but this article attempts to understand people's ambivalence towards the decline of privacy. The article discusses how over 60 percent of Americans — while somewhat unable to quantify what exactly privacy is and what's being lost — feel a pessimism about privacy rights and their erosion. However, a meager 6-7% polled have actually taken any steps to help preserve their privacy. The article's call to action: '...everyone has secrets they don't want everyone else to know, and it's never too late to begin a discussion about how Americans' right to privacy can be protected.'"

Comments

Moo

[Chacham]

I, for one, love having no privacy. After all, what do i have to hide? I can only say how much i love our new state.

It's not like i am bold enough to print secret messages.

Re:Moo

[Anonymous Coward]

I saw your secret message. Why do you hate freedom so much? I think you need to be reeducated to know why 'freedom' is good and 'tyranny' is bad.

Re:Moo

[LifeWithJustin]

I am happy to hear that you have nothing to hide. I think that people worry to much about privacy.

I for one understand very well why we need to give up a little privacy for the greater good.

Again I'd just like to say that privacy is not as important as saftey and security.

Well I like my privacy as much as the next guy but

[Maxo-Texas]

If I use my affinity card, then I get 2% cash back on my porn and sex toy purchases *and* 10 cents per gallon off gasoline for that month!

I mean, that alone is enough to let the world know about my private quirks for me!

Re:A quote that has been rattling around in my hea

[Anonymous Coward]

Gee, that's a new one.

Don't think I've heard that on Slashdot at all.

In Soviet Russia

[Anonymous Coward]

Dead horse beats you. Ha! Wondering when someone would roll out that quote again.

I am aware of the irony of criticizing your unoriginal post with one of my own.

Re:Yeah, Who cares...

[Honest Olaf]

I do the same thing. The most fun is at short order restaurants who take your name, then yell it out when your order is ready. I give a different name every time I go in, so I often get odd looks from the cashier when I say "Stephen" and they are expecting "Terry". Sometimes I give the same name as the person in front of me which can lead to either striking up a conversation, or delicious confusion when I reach for their order when "my" name is called.

Re:Part of the problem

[Quiet_Desperation]

but that doesn't mean I'm OK with having my activities showing up in a database or on a video monitor somewhere.

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