From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Date: Sat, 11 May 1996 15:30:28 +0800
To: Andre Bacard <abacard@well.com>
Subject: Re: Bill Frantz, Churchill Club, Privacy
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Andre Bacard writes:
> It's worth noting that "privacy" and "security" -- in the practical Big
> Brother and corporate worlds -- are often opposites. In many instances, 
> (personal) "privacy" shields individuals from organizations; whereas,
> "security" protects organizations from individuals. For example, when a
> corporation proudly announces that it has installed greater "security,"
> it invariably means that the corporation has stepped up ways to spy upon
> employees.

I would say this is very much untrue in the computer world.

Security implies things like encrypting links, using cryptographic
authentication of logins, installing firewalls, etc. -- not mass
employee surveillance.

Perry