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SciAm On the Future of Privacy

Posted by kdawson on from the you-have-none-get-over-it dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Scientific American has a special issue this month on the future of privacy, asking the question: 'Can we safeguard our information in an insecure world?' The collection of articles ranges from the already-Slashdotted (Bush's wiretap laws) to a few more interesting ones (how social networking changes our idea of privacy). Most of them are worth at least a skim-through."

2 of 18 comments (clear)

  1. Scott McNealy: "Get over it" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Actually, Mr. McNealy first made that observation during a May 5 1998 17:23 PST phone call to J. Schwartz while standing on the 16th green at Silver Creek Valley Country Club. They also discussed hiring practices at McKinsey & Co. Mr. McNealy's score for the round was 83.

  2. Re:"SciAm On the Future of Privacy" by BobGregg · · Score: 2, Funny

    >> That seems a bit like "Playboy on the Future of Potato Yields".
    >> Which is to say, superficially interesting, ...

    Depends on the potatoes.