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Interesting article, but this part irked me: But there is a paradox here. Because many of those who are shocked by the extraordinary extent of the secret
by heed 13y ago
Interesting article, but this part irked me:
But there is a paradox here. Because many of those who are
shocked by the extraordinary extent of the secret
surveillance - radical journalists, cyber-revolutionaries,
internet libertarians - are also argueing for total
transparency of information."
Those that dislike secret surveillance value their privacy over total transparency of information. There is no paradox there.
- dwaltrip 13y agoAlso, I thought argument was: privacy for the individual and transparency from organizations/institutions.
- onetwofiveten 13y agoI think Adam Curtis understands that the people he's talking about want (in principle) privacy for individuals and transparency for government agencies. I think he's misusing the word "paradox" just as an easy way to describe that an issue is very complicated, with two different strong desires that can easily come into conflict. It won't always be straightforward to separate out information that is in the public interest from information that should be private to an individual.
- sp332 13y agoNot just arguing for, but also enabling. For example, secretive government agents could use TOR and OTR to hide things from the public.