[aklug] Re: I find this statement a bit worrisome

On Tue, 8 Dec 2009, Shane Spencer wrote:

> I like to believe there is some truth to this in that we should not
> have to hide or protect ourselves from eachother in any way.
> Unfortunately we can't live by those rules. There are perfectly good,
> perfectly legal, reasons for being a paranoid in our society, and our
> universe.

Sure, like preventing identity theft, or keeping the pedophiles from knowing
what my daughter's schedule and excursions are, or having the crooks figure
out what my vacation schedule is so they can sack the house while we're
gone... It shouldn't take a good deal of imagination to figure out a
million mundane and trivial facts that could be used against you.

In a nutshell, unless you're comfortable trusting the welfare and security
of your family, home, and assets to complete strangers with thier own self
interest, you *should* be hypervigilant about your privacy.

> If we ever, for some completely misguided reason, master complete
> security as a society we will still have to deal with the universe
> throwing gigantic chunks of rock at us, alien invasions, and the other
> typical threats to mankind. I'd like to know we still have paranoia
> in full force during those times.

Locked and loaded. I could use the target practice.

         --Arthur Corliss
           Live Free or Die
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Received on Tue Dec 8 11:49:47 2009