1996-11-19 - RE: The Utility of Privacy

Header Data

From: Blanc Weber <blancw@microsoft.com>
To: “‘cypherpunks@toad.com>
Message Hash: b73d21bd62218e7554241b2b6f8d1437c0c0b89923050e92dcb2a0e9f9629a6d
Message ID: <c=US%a=%p=msft%l=RED-81-MSG-961119182225Z-14929@INET-03-IMC.itg.microsoft.com>
Reply To: _N/A

UTC Datetime: 1996-11-19 18:24:02 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 10:24:02 -0800 (PST)

Raw message

From: Blanc Weber <blancw@microsoft.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 10:24:02 -0800 (PST)
To: "'cypherpunks@toad.com>
Subject: RE: The Utility of Privacy
Message-ID: <c=US%a=_%p=msft%l=RED-81-MSG-961119182225Z-14929@INET-03-IMC.itg.microsoft.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain


Isn't asking about the "utility of privacy" like asking about the
utility of having a self independent from others - a separate identity
of one's own, subject only to one's own command, with complete authority
to determine the occasion of its visibility?   

Is there anything justifiable about separating oneself from the company
of others and becoming non-visible to them, at those times when one is
out of their sight, away from their awareness of one's existence, of
one's activities, of one's thoughts & manners?

What do youall think you are, anyway?   Special?

   ..
Blanc

>
>





Thread