From: lutz@taranis.iks-jena.de (Lutz Donnerhacke)
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 22:08:11 +0800
To: cypherpunks@Algebra.COM
Subject: Re: CMR versus GAK? (fwd) > Right to monitor
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* Jim Choate wrote:
> -  do babysitters in your home have an inherent right to not be monitored
>    in case they harm the child?

No. Not here.

> -  do operators of vehicles on public roads have an inherent right to
>    privacy about the vehicle?

Yes. Nobody but the policy can stop them and have a deeper look.

> -  do businesses have the right to monitor the uses that their systems
>    are put to?

Yes, they can make statistics. Personal specific? No. Not here.

> -  do public officials have an inherent right to privacy about their
>    actions related to their office?

Yes. They have the right to close the door. Even for minutes.

>Does the owner of a resource have an inherent right to control that
>resource and if so what are the boundaries?

He has this right until he touchs the rights of other people. So he have not
all rights he might want.

>Does the user of a resource have rights outside the purvue of the owner
>of that resource and if so what are the boundaries?

Do you own your house? If not, why do you stop your house owner from
snooping in your flat? It's his ressource. Why do you encrypt e-mails over
your provider's lines? It's his ressource.

If privacy is outlawed in offices, nobody can work legally.