At 1:10 AM -0400 7/13/00, Kevin Elliott wrote:
> >> Can I make sure it is only being used for the reason I disclosed,
>>> and not for other reasons I didn't approve?
>>
>>I doubt that. In fact, I think it's impossible. In fact, I like that it's
>>impossible - it's THEIR information now, and you shouldn't have the ability
>>to prevent someone from using something THEY own. (Unless, once again, you
>>have contracted otherwise with them.)
>
>That's an interesting point. Somewhere along the way we decided that
>individuals had a "right" to control the information corporations
>were/are gathering about them.
Who's this "we" you are talking about?
If you mean many of the sheeple, this much is true. If you mean
libertarians and most on this list, it is certainly not true.
>This belief seems to be evolving
>toward government enforced privacy laws. The thing that strikes me
>however is that the original right is by no means obvious. The
>information being gathered is not secret, nor is the information
>being gathered (generally speaking) using inherently illegal (or
>immoral) techniques. The real world analogs to these activities
>(where they exist) also do not seem to have any inherent
>illegalities. It seems to me that we have no inherent right to
>control the information gathered by any other person/organization.
Just so.
--Tim May
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