Not really. Given a panopticon with infinite resources, yes, nothing can escape them, but there is relative privacy which is valuable in its own way and needs t

Not really. Given a panopticon with infinite resources, yes, nothing can escape them, but there is relative privacy which is valuable in its own way and needs to be defended lest we get that panopticon much sooner than otherwise. For example the requirement that every Joe hosting a small blog needs to provide his actual home address and phone number as per ICANN regulations is an insane and archaic holdover from the infancy of the WWW and needs to be seriously revised. An email ought to be sufficient for public access (though of course your Registrar will have the rest of the info in case you do illegal stuff on the domain)... Stuff like this is important to discuss and revise. The loss of privacy is the case of the proverbial slow boiling of the frog. Taking an absolute view means one of two options: Opt out of modern society altogether or don't even care for the barest semblance of privacy. Most people won't find either acceptable or even sensible.