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Why Privacy & Security Are Not a Zero-Sum Game

Posted by kdawson on from the insert-ben-franklin-quote-here dept.

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Ars Technica has up a nice article on why security consultant Ed Giorgio's statement that 'privacy and security are a zero-sum game' is wrong. The author reasons that, due to Metcalfe's law, the more valuable a government network is to the good guys, the more valuable it is to the bad guys. Given the trend in government to gather all of its eggs into one database, unless more attention is paid to privacy, we'll end up with neither security nor privacy. In other words, privacy and security are a positive-sum game with precarious trade-offs — you can trade a lot of privacy away for absolutely no gain in security, but you don't have to."

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  1. Happy nigger day! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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    1. Re:Happy nigger day! by McGiraf · · Score: 0, Troll

      White Trash.

      What is it with this nigger stuff all over /. now?

    2. Re:Happy nigger day! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      I blame the Irish.

    3. Re:Happy nigger day! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Well maybe if the darned niggers weren't so out of control there wouldn't be such a backlash.

      CowboyNigger

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      Sincerely,
      CmdrNigger

  2. Re:Happiness by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Todd Solondz' "Happiness" was an excellent film.

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