[privacy] U.S. Government: Citizens Should Change Their Definition of Privacy

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via The Boston Globe (AP).

[snip]

As Congress debates new rules for government eavesdropping, a top
intelligence official says it is time that people in the United States
changed their definition of privacy.

Privacy no longer can mean anonymity, says Donald Kerr, the principal
deputy director of national intelligence. Instead, it should mean that
government and businesses properly safeguard people's private
communications and financial information.

Kerr's comments come as Congress is taking a second look at the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act.

[snip]

More:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/11/11/definition
_changing_for_peoples_privacy/

This give a whole new meaning to the phrase "Trust us -- we're
from the government, and we're here to help you."

Right. We trust you. :-)

- - ferg

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