* view.
*
* When I invite others into my home for social occasions, it means an
offer
* of great intimacy to me and is not a casual event to be taken lightly.
My
* possessions and living area are private to me --- that is, very
personal.
* I feel offended when I find someone has been handling them or looking
at
* them without invitation.
*
* I am often offended by information requested of me by government,
school,
* employer: identification numbers, financial history, marital status,
age.
*
* The right to so much information seems questionable to me, and I feel
I
* am being asked to reveal very personal things about myself in doing
so.
*
* This always seems to me to represent a lack of respect for personal
privacy.
How quaint, to want privacy.
Our privacy has been fading into a distant memory over the
last twenty years. And that's not even figuring ECHELON.
Just try leaving the hospital without naming your baby. The government
wants 'it' to be issued a social security number too, otherwise no tax
deducting it. Gosh, a birth certificate won't do, will it?
* Source #1: HBO Undercover Special Re****t
* Source #2: Computer Security Journal Vol IV #1,
* "Peeping Sam: Uncle Is Watching Us", by George B. Trubow
*
* "We started getting letters from the Federal Government's Selective
* Service System, telling us that our dog had to register." the father
* explained. The letters became quite demanding.
*
* Shown are three children and their dog. One of the boys had an ice
cream
* cake birthday special at a popular national ice cream parlor chain,
which
* asks for your social security number to get the special.
*
* They were working with the government to spot unregistere
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