korrents

korrents · piece

The Eternal Value of Privacy

Bruce Schneier · 18 May 2006 · schneier.com

2 korrents from this piece

Bruce Schneier did not write this page.

Every claim below was made in this piece, quoted word for word and numbered in the order the piece makes them, so you can read it there rather than take our word for it. The sentence above each quote is our reading of the claim, not their wording. Each quote was checked against a stored copy of the page at build time; where the two differ, the quote is the fact.

  1. Privacy is an inherent human right, and a requirement for maintaining the human condition with dignity and respect.
  2. Privacy protects us from abuses by those in power, even if we’re doing nothing wrong at the time of surveillance.