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Google CEO Says Privacy Worries Are For Wrongdoers
bonch writes "In a surprising statement to CNBC, Google CEO Eric Schmidt told reporter Maria Bartiromo, 'If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place.' This will only fuel concerns about Google's behavior as it becomes an ever more powerful gatekeeper of information; though Google says it is aware of these concerns and has taken steps to be transparent to users about the information that is stored."
The purpose of privacy is to protect the people who are protecting the public
from governments.
Governments are the biggest evil, and therefore our society needs privacy.
It is not criminals who are the biggest threat to society.
By dissalowing privacy, it becomes impossible for institutions like the press to
hold governments accountable.
Democracy functions on the pillars of human rights not only because of moral
concerns, but because those pillars are necessary cogs in the social machine.
- Right to privacy
- Freedom of press
- One man one vote
- Separation of church and state
- Term limits
- Independence of the supreme court
etc.
Remove any of these pillars and democracy stops working.
A recent example is George W Bush - America blurred the line between ...and look what happened.
church and state by electing someone purely because he stood against
abortion... elected in spite of the fact that he had no other positive attributes
besides being a devout Christian.
-paul
You're a fucking morally corrupt idiot. You've just given your sanction to any company in the world to rape their customers, their investors, their suppliers, their employees, EVERYONE they come in contact with. "Cash before principle!"
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