The Privacy Candidate

Alsee writes "Wired News reports 'electronic civil libertarians' hearts are a-twitter' over US Presidential hopeful Senator Hillary Clinton's bold stance on the right to privacy. Wired quotes Clinton: 'At all levels, the privacy protections for ordinary citizens are broken, inadequate and out of date.' Clinton gave a speech last June to the American Constitution Society (text, WMF) in which she addressed electronic surveillance, consumer opt-in vs. opt-out, cyber-security, commercial and government handling of personal data, data offshoring, data leaks, and even genetic discrimination." Would you consider a candidate's stand on privacy important enough to sway your vote?

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Re: they can't make law

[heinousjay]

The opposite is also true, you know - using the mod system to say "I agree" is just as abusive and just as rampant. Your parent post is off-topic in this discussion, it just takes advantage of Slashdot's well known bias against Bush (and currently sits at +5 for it).

Don't be hypocritical just because you happen to agree with something.