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| − | {{glossary}} | + | {{glossary}}<includeonly>[[Privacy]] is the resource that is made available by ''Security'' which in turn is a collection of tools for allowing information and resource to be made available only to selected people or groups. In [[OrganicDesign]] this means that our [[peer-to-peer network]] must have a good distributed encryption and authentication mechanism in place so that [[trust group]]s can contain private information securely and persistently even when none of the [[member]]s are online. |
| − | + | Having very good encryption is important because these days more and more sensitive information needs to be stored in a robust distributed way while remaining fully private and under our own control. Examples of such information are passwords and private keys, scanned identification documents, personal correspondence and these days even [[Bitcoin|digital money]]. | |
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''Many people believe that, if you have nothing to hide, there is nothing to fear from all this scrutiny. But if you resist the urge to pick your nose while others are present, or close the door when you go to the toilet, you are a privacy advocate. "When you realise that your whole life is under view," says the Tory MP David Davis, "it’s inhibiting." (from [http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article7096105.ece Can you disappear in surveillance Britain?])''. See also: [http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/the-data-trust-blog/2009/02/debunking-a-myth-if-you-have-n.html Debunking a myth: If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear] | ''Many people believe that, if you have nothing to hide, there is nothing to fear from all this scrutiny. But if you resist the urge to pick your nose while others are present, or close the door when you go to the toilet, you are a privacy advocate. "When you realise that your whole life is under view," says the Tory MP David Davis, "it’s inhibiting." (from [http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article7096105.ece Can you disappear in surveillance Britain?])''. See also: [http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/the-data-trust-blog/2009/02/debunking-a-myth-if-you-have-n.html Debunking a myth: If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear] | ||
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