Big Brother in the form of an increasingly powerful government and in an increasingly powerful private sector will pile the records high with reasons why privacy should give way to national security, to law and order, to efficiency of operation, to scientific advancement and the like.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Both government and private sectors often justify limiting privacy in the name of security, order, or progress.
- In plain terms
- Authorities will say they need to take your privacy to keep you safe or make things run better.
- What can you take from it?
- Scrutinize claims that privacy must be sacrificed for other goals.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What privacy is worth protecting?
- Who decides your security needs?
Another view
Some privacy loss may be necessary to prevent real threats.
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