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Most people can not understand the impact of such a decision and must therefore be protected from doing that.
by UweSchmidt 13y ago
Most people can not understand the impact of such a decision and must therefore be protected from doing that.
- dllthomas 13y agoThat's one argument; I don't think it's an outstanding one. A sort of "traffic analysis" argument seems somewhat reasonable, too - if the only things kept secret are embarrassing or compromising, then learning of the existence of a secret communication tells you there's something embarrassing or compromising going on.
- UweSchmidt 13y agoProtecting people from themselves has plenty of precedents - food industry, handrails... Regarding your second point: Many things that are not embarrassing or compromising (in a negative sense) are rightfully kept secret. Anyways, great topic, not so great subthread, I'm out.
- dllthomas 13y ago"Many things that are not embarrassing or compromising (in a negative sense) are rightfully kept secret." I don't intend any negative sense, just things that you have a particular reason to keep hidden. Allowing additional inference around that by being selective about channels seems like poor privacy practice.