Privacy: You're naked, but no one sees you.
Anonymity: You're walking around the city naked, but nobody knows your name
Anonymity: You're walking around the city naked, but nobody knows your name
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Topic: The Difference Between Privacy and Anonymity (Read 1404 times)
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Reference is made to RT's Google Hangout with Pirate Party Founder Rick Falkvinge and the question Stacy Herbert asked.
http://rt.com/op-edge/internet-security-google-hangout-499/
Very often people get confused while distinction is very simple in my view.
Privacy is a right. It is one of the universal human rights. As with every right it is up to you to choose when you want to exercise this right and when not to. Anonymity is a tool/method to fight for your rights when they (incl. the right of privacy) are violated and not respected by the powers.
http://rt.com/op-edge/internet-security-google-hangout-499/
Very often people get confused while distinction is very simple in my view.
Privacy is a right. It is one of the universal human rights. As with every right it is up to you to choose when you want to exercise this right and when not to. Anonymity is a tool/method to fight for your rights when they (incl. the right of privacy) are violated and not respected by the powers.
Why is privacy a "right"? Who decides what is a "universal human right?"
We, Humans, decide.
Privacy: You're naked, but no one sees you.
Anonymity: You're walking around the city naked, but nobody knows your name
Anonymity: You're walking around the city naked, but nobody knows your name
Reference is made to RT's Google Hangout with Pirate Party Founder Rick Falkvinge and the question Stacy Herbert asked.
http://rt.com/op-edge/internet-security-google-hangout-499/
Very often people get confused while distinction is very simple in my view.
Privacy is a right. It is one of the universal human rights. As with every right it is up to you to choose when you want to exercise this right and when not to. Anonymity is a tool/method to fight for your rights when they (incl. the right of privacy) are violated and not respected by the powers.
http://rt.com/op-edge/internet-security-google-hangout-499/
Very often people get confused while distinction is very simple in my view.
Privacy is a right. It is one of the universal human rights. As with every right it is up to you to choose when you want to exercise this right and when not to. Anonymity is a tool/method to fight for your rights when they (incl. the right of privacy) are violated and not respected by the powers.
This may seem like semantic nitpicking, but I wouldn't say privacy is a right, anymore than cars are.
Privacy isn't free, it takes effort to create, and the greater the privacy, the greater the cost. If you don't want people walking down the sidewalk to see what goes on inside your house, you need to take appropriate steps to prevent your activity from being seen (no windows, thick drapes, etc.)
I'd argue that the people have the right to acquire and maintain their own privacy. But not that anyone has
The two terms are often confused with each other. I think of anonymity as having a different identity, and privacy as being able to hide your identity.
Reference is made to RT's Google Hangout with Pirate Party Founder Rick Falkvinge and the question Stacy Herbert asked.
http://rt.com/op-edge/internet-security-google-hangout-499/
Very often people get confused while distinction is very simple in my view.
Privacy is a right. It is one of the universal human rights. As with every right it is up to you to choose when you want to exercise this right and when not to. Anonymity is a tool/method to fight for your rights when they (incl. the right of privacy) are violated and not respected by the powers.
http://rt.com/op-edge/internet-security-google-hangout-499/
Very often people get confused while distinction is very simple in my view.
Privacy is a right. It is one of the universal human rights. As with every right it is up to you to choose when you want to exercise this right and when not to. Anonymity is a tool/method to fight for your rights when they (incl. the right of privacy) are violated and not respected by the powers.
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