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Why not? That type of thing happens to celebrities all the time. The only reason I have a reasonable expectation that it won't happen to me is because I'm not f
by clarkm 12y ago
Why not? That type of thing happens to celebrities all the time. The only reason I have a reasonable expectation that it won't happen to me is because I'm not famous, and not one cares about what rickshaws I take.
- sdrothrock 12y agoI've never bought "it happens all the time" as an argument against "it shouldn't happen."
- clarkm 12y agoI've never bought "I'm ignorant of how the world works" as an argument for "I don't expect X to happen". If X does happen with regular frequency, the fact that you didn't expect it to doesn't really matter.
- sdrothrock 12y agoI'm aware of how the world works. However, I expect 1. Parents will not abuse their children. 2. There will be mechanisms in place to detect and deal with those kinds of incidents. 3. Child abuse is not acceptable, regardless of whether it happens in reality or not. In a similar vein, I would like it if there were a framework in place such that: 1. Companies could not abuse my personal information. 2. There will be mechanisms in place to detect and deal with those kinds of incidents. 3. Abuse of collected personal information is not acceptable, regardless of whether it happens or not.
- DavidWanjiru 12y agoSo you're happy with the NSA spying on you? I mean, the only reason you've never attracted the NSA's attention is because you're not the kind of famous the NSA is interested in, right? Are you saying that anyone with the capacity or opportunity to invade your privacy is justified in doing so?
- yummyfajitas 12y agoI don't follow. Alice transmits a message to Bob. Alice has no expectation that Bob does not have this information or transmit it to a third party. Therefore Alice cannot be annoyed when Eve (a random third party) intercepts her communications?