Nobody cares about their online privacy… until it’s gone | Comment is free | The Guardian.
I read John Naughton’s blog and column regularly and always enjoy his thoughts and his links to other writers.
Regarding the whole provicy issue and the mantra of the powerful “if you have nothing to hide you have nothing to worry about”. I like the following:
In that sense, they (Rifkind and Straw) are in the same boat as most citizens. We all do harmless or foolish things that we nevertheless regard as private matters that are none of the government’s (or anybody else’s) business. That’s what privacy is all about.
