12 April 2005
Privacy 'Dark Ages' force activist rethink
After the last couple of postings the Chief has made today, I guess this one is inevitable.
Privacy activists need to change tactics to adapt to changing public attitudes, a leading campaigner said Thursday. Simon Davies, a director of Privacy International, said campaigners need to win the argument by force of evidence rather than assuming that people naturally guard their privacy against government encroachment, an assumption he said is no longer valid.
If "logic and common sense" fail to shift public policy then "well placed" technicians might be prepared to sabotage invasive projects, Davies predicted. "
Read the whole thing for more background, although it may give you the creeps, like it did me. Big Brother is alive and well, unfortunately.
Privacy activists need to change tactics to adapt to changing public attitudes, a leading campaigner said Thursday. Simon Davies, a director of Privacy International, said campaigners need to win the argument by force of evidence rather than assuming that people naturally guard their privacy against government encroachment, an assumption he said is no longer valid.
If "logic and common sense" fail to shift public policy then "well placed" technicians might be prepared to sabotage invasive projects, Davies predicted. "
Read the whole thing for more background, although it may give you the creeps, like it did me. Big Brother is alive and well, unfortunately.
