From: Keith Elis (hagbard@ix.netcom.com)
Date: Mon Apr 28 2003 - 18:36:42 MDT
Phil Osborn:
> As Conrad told me then, the only likely
> solution that will enable a high-tech civilization to survive
> long-term is universal surveillance.
Universal surveillance, if even achievable in theory, will never remain
universal for long. The more the world becomes transparent to the
police, the more valuable privacy becomes. It's a safe bet that the
market will find a way to provide the secrecy tools people want. First,
the ultra-rich would become increasingly blind to the cost of privacy.
Government secrecy leaks like a sieve in the presence of mere thousands
of dollars. A few million might get you an all access pass into the NSA.
The efforts of private individuals working for little to no compensation
resulted in Pretty Good Privacy. I would guess that the efforts of
well-funded individuals working for millions of dollars in potential
black-market profits would probably hack together something even better.
Keith
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