Comments on: Why privacy matters and State Secrecy not http://holgerkrekel.net/2010/12/05/why-privacy-matters-and-state-secrecy-not/ Decentralize. Take the red pill. Wed, 22 May 2013 16:04:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Holger Krekel: Why privacy matters and State... | Python | Syngu http://holgerkrekel.net/2010/12/05/why-privacy-matters-and-state-secrecy-not/#comment-179 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:03:48 +0000 http://tetamap.wordpress.com/?p=297#comment-179 [...] On a sidenote, this all relates to a point in the hacker ethics made by Wau Holland and the Chaos Computer Club a long time ago: “Make public data available, protect private data.”    Python Read the original post on Planet Python… [...]

]]> By: Michael http://holgerkrekel.net/2010/12/05/why-privacy-matters-and-state-secrecy-not/#comment-143 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 21:54:50 +0000 http://tetamap.wordpress.com/?p=297#comment-143 It is definitely not the same but still it gives the politicians a taste of their own medicine. Maybe after this whole catastrophe they will see consumer privacy with different eyes.

]]> By: Peter Hansen http://holgerkrekel.net/2010/12/05/why-privacy-matters-and-state-secrecy-not/#comment-140 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:31:33 +0000 http://tetamap.wordpress.com/?p=297#comment-140 I’m afraid the “obvious reasons” why inter-governmental transparency is impossible don’t seem that obvious, Robert. It seems to me that saying something is obvious is an excellent way to deflect argument when one would have trouble making his case based on, say, facts or logic.

To my way of thinking, if two people can work together transparently, then so can two groups of people, and scaling upwards one should be able to imagine conditions under which two countries (and their governments) should be able to do the same. It might be difficult, but not “obviously” impossible.

]]> By: Dinu http://holgerkrekel.net/2010/12/05/why-privacy-matters-and-state-secrecy-not/#comment-139 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:24:51 +0000 http://tetamap.wordpress.com/?p=297#comment-139 Referring to the other comment… “The world doesn’t work that way” is a popular excuse of those unable to imagine it working in other ways. Much like “There is no alternative” is a popular way to make others shut up when running out of arguments. Killer phrases aren’t very useful when trying to communicate.

]]> By: Robert http://holgerkrekel.net/2010/12/05/why-privacy-matters-and-state-secrecy-not/#comment-133 Sun, 05 Dec 2010 21:32:50 +0000 http://tetamap.wordpress.com/?p=297#comment-133 Transparency is relation to your private life is one thing and yes the government should be transparent or as much as possible be transparent in that area. Transparency between governments will never happen. The world doesn’t work that way and cannot work that way for obvious reasons.

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