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<blockquote data-quote="509322" data-source="post: 592700">Absolutely.&nbsp; I personally have nothing to hide, but at the same time I don&#039;t want my privacy subject to abuse - and we all know that those that are in a position to abuse very often will do so given the motive and opportunity.&nbsp; History has proven this countless times.&nbsp; That is the core of the whole privacy debate.The reality is that what typical users think, feel and believe regarding privacy is simply ignored.&nbsp; There are two things that compel others to ignore users&#039; privacy concerns - money (the entitlement and motive via commercialization of the net to make money using user data) and crime of all kinds that utilize digital devices (privacy laws make &quot;our&quot; job difficult so we will push and enact laws that stack everything to make our job easier - even if that means trampling user rights underfoot).&nbsp; As far as the U.S. is concerned, you have no online right to privacy.&nbsp; That boat sailed - and the sad part is that the citizenry let it all happen.The chief salesman (U.S.) for Hacking Team (Italian) that was on Viceland made my blood boil with his dismissive &quot;That kind of privacy is short-sighted and unrealistic in my opinion.&quot;&nbsp; But that is the thinking at the highest levels nowadays - and it is only going to get worse.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="509322, post: 592700"] Absolutely. I personally have nothing to hide, but at the same time I don't want my privacy subject to abuse - and we all know that those that are in a position to abuse very often will do so given the motive and opportunity. History has proven this countless times. That is the core of the whole privacy debate. The reality is that what typical users think, feel and believe regarding privacy is simply ignored. There are two things that compel others to ignore users' privacy concerns - money (the entitlement and motive via commercialization of the net to make money using user data) and crime of all kinds that utilize digital devices (privacy laws make "our" job difficult so we will push and enact laws that stack everything to make our job easier - even if that means trampling user rights underfoot). As far as the U.S. is concerned, you have no online right to privacy. That boat sailed - and the sad part is that the citizenry let it all happen. The chief salesman (U.S.) for Hacking Team (Italian) that was on Viceland made my blood boil with his dismissive "That kind of privacy is short-sighted and unrealistic in my opinion." But that is the thinking at the highest levels nowadays - and it is only going to get worse. [/QUOTE]

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