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RE: Can "individuals" or "liberty" exist without privacy in a totally transparent society?

in #politics7 years ago

No, not correct. Liberty doesn't offer you protection from negative effects when you express yourself. It does mean you aren't to be prosecuted, or persecuted by the government, but other free people enjoying liberty are free to persecute you for taking a position. And the right to privacy is exactly that choice you mentioned, to reveal or not. However, once you have chosen to reveal you have lost the "right" to control it, so the best we can ask is that the government be prevented from collecting, or pursuing your private data.