As this thread is turning into a general discussion on privacy and encryption, I would like just to add one more to the garden of thoughts. I'm not making any argument for or against, I just want to say some people find (forced) privacy detrimental, especially in a broad social context.
Faramir <faramir...@gmail.com> wrote: > IMHO, the main trouble probably is people don't feel the need to > protect their privacy. If they don't feel that need, why should they > bother in learning, or even asking about privacy software? Some time ago, reading a discussion I noticed this particular argument against encrypting file-sharing traffic, which can be summarized/paraphrased as: "We don't want encryption, we want file-sharing be legal." It's a strong political statement. While privacy is important, you don't win anything if you *have to* hide. Freedom is often fought for by asserting your rights. > Maybe we should dress in transparent clothes, and say "we don't > have anything to hide" if people ask us why are using that clothes. It > might be complemented by a banner saying "I'm NOT SHOWING my body, > it's just I'm NOT HIDING it". > > But first we need to save money to pay the fines. ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This. I wonder how certain societies got convinced that just being nude - the most natural, beautiful and human thing - was indecent and/or illegal. Surely not because everyone was dressed? Or? Regards, Stan. _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users