Comment on More on the NSA Commandeering the InternetparentComments−ned13yI'm not worried about being under surveillance. I'm neither interesting, nor engaged in anything interesting.That's probably the feeling of most people. Martin Fowler wrote an insightful post about this subject:Privacy Protects Bothersome People …and isn't about me (or probably you) http://martinfowler.com/articles/bothersome-privacy.htmlHe argues that privacy on the internet is important, not because normal people have something to hide, but because journalists and activists (or other counterpowers in a well-balanced democracy) need a certain level of privacy in order to work.
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I'm not worried about being under surveillance. I'm neither interesting, nor engaged in anything interesting.
That's probably the feeling of most people. Martin Fowler wrote an insightful post about this subject:
Privacy Protects Bothersome People …and isn't about me (or probably you) http://martinfowler.com/articles/bothersome-privacy.html
He argues that privacy on the internet is important, not because normal people have something to hide, but because journalists and activists (or other counterpowers in a well-balanced democracy) need a certain level of privacy in order to work.