McNealy -- Get over it, Part Two (was Re: BNA's Internet Law News (ILN) - 05/30/2001)

Dan Geer geer at world.std.com
Sun Jun 3 23:24:08 EDT 2001


|   >> GET OVER IT, PART TWO - THE CASE AGAINST ABSOLUTE PRIVACY
|   >> Scott McNealy of Sun Microsystems, who earlier stated that
|   >> there is no privacy and that people should get it over it,
|   >> now claims in a Washington Post editorial that absolute
|   >> privacy policies are disasters waiting to happen, writing
|   >> that the private industry has done a pretty good job so far
|   >> of regulating itself.
|   > > http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A89273-2001May28.html
|   
|   Scott writes: "I have agreed to let my car company, for instance, 
|   track my every move through GPS satellites. Some people might 
|   consider that an invasion of privacy, but I find it comforting to 
|   know that, should my air bag deploy, they know where I am and can 
|   send help."
|   
|   Why is it necessary to track a car's exact location at all times just 
|   to know it's position when the air bag deploys?

The point is not that there might be another way, the point is
that understanding the bargain to be as he describes it, Scott
finds it an acceptable one.  He is far from alone, I'd wager.

--dan

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