Talk:Privacy

it should be noted that privacy is a sham. the best privacy is simply "security by obscurity" and provides a false sense of security. Those with resources can always trump those who's resources are less.

The project does not impliement sham's - if there's a notion called privacy then that's what it gives you. --Nad 10:34, 9 Aug 2006 (NZST)

+Illusion_of_Privacy

--Phalseid 16:14, 8 Aug 2006 (NZST)

Here's what I think.

• Privacy, the ability to maintain contol of your personal information, is a basic human right.
• Authentication, the ability to know with a high degree of certainty, that the person knocking at your door, is who they say they are, is essencial to trust on the internet.
• Trust is a personal choice made by individuals about individuals. Corporations and governments would compel us to trust them, this is wrong.
• Security, is a very ambiguous term that has in many cases been bastardised by governments and corporations. In their terms it means trust in the government / corportation, and has nothing to do with individual rights or freedoms. In our terms it means, confidence in the mechanisims of privacy, and trust that our threads of communication are connected accross a medium in the way we expect.
• Security by obscurity is no security at all. That's like saying, Nobody knows where I live, so no-one will ever try my door to see if it's locked.

--Rob 10:55, 9 Aug 2006 (NZST)