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The "Hidden" Cost Of Privacy

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the if-you-can't-handle-it-get-out-of-the-business dept.

Schneier points out an article from a while back in Forbes about the "hidden" cost of privacy and how expensive it can be to comply with all the various overlapping privacy laws that don't necessarily improve anyone's privacy. "What this all means is that protecting individual privacy remains an externality for many companies, and that basic market dynamics won't work to solve the problem. Because the efficient market solution won't work, we're left with inefficient regulatory solutions. So now the question becomes: how do we make regulation as efficient as possible?"

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  1. Jews by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Jews steal land and water.

    1. Re:Jews by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      From filthy Palestinians, so I don't see anything wrong with it.

  2. Re:Nothing to fear .... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm the troll from above...man, clearly what I wrote wasn't really that funny (yours was, btw)...but when I clearly write "I am trolling" to indicate my half-assed attempt at irony, why all the hate? (not from you, but from the mods.) Haha...not that I care....

    But seriously, with regard to my out of line post above, Linux is kind of problematic and has some serious kernel design flaws at a fundamental level (it's more than just having to compile each version anew or having an unfriendly GUI overlay). These flaws, according to many respected thinkers, are most probably the result of the significant number of coders with asperger's syndrome who work on open source software. I mean, this 'OS' may 'work' for their dedicated, focused minds, but hey, though they could care less, there are OTHER people in the world who need to use a computer! Until more "mainstream" coders can be enticed to join open source, it will never go anywhere

    Hmm...was that a bit better of an effort? (don't be offended by the above...*I* myself have one of those focused minds that gets preoccupied with detail...but my obsession is trolling...I may not feel your annoyance, but I sure find it funny...and my therapist calls this "progress") ;-)