http://trueslant.com/KashmirHill/2009/10/29/is-it-surprising-that-the-dhs-privacy-office-pretty-much-sucks/ Musings on the ebb and flow of privacy in the digital age Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:11:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://trueslant.com/KashmirHill/2009/10/29/is-it-surprising-that-the-dhs-privacy-office-pretty-much-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-467 Tweets that mention Kashmir Hill - The Not-So Private Parts – Is it surprising that the DHS Privacy Office pretty much sucks? - True/Slant -- Topsy.com Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:50:26 +0000 http://trueslant.com/KashmirHill/?p=2981#comment-467 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Kashmir Hill and benjamin barnes, Tweets Tube. Tweets Tube said: Is it surprising that the DHS Privacy Office pretty much sucks? http://bit.ly/9W0ER [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Kashmir Hill and benjamin barnes, Tweets Tube. Tweets Tube said: Is it surprising that the DHS Privacy Office pretty much sucks? http://bit.ly/9W0ER [...]

]]> http://trueslant.com/KashmirHill/2009/10/29/is-it-surprising-that-the-dhs-privacy-office-pretty-much-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-466 Kashmir Hill Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:32:30 +0000 http://trueslant.com/KashmirHill/?p=2981#comment-466 I admit -- it is conflicted. I'm glad you picked up on the David-Goliath subtext. I do like seeing walls come down -- I think that transparency in society can be a very good thing -- but privacy is a vast concept. I suspect rumors of its death -- even here at the NSPP -- may be greatly exaggerated. I admit — it is conflicted. I’m glad you picked up on the David-Goliath subtext. I do like seeing walls come down — I think that transparency in society can be a very good thing — but privacy is a vast concept. I suspect rumors of its death — even here at the NSPP — may be greatly exaggerated.

]]> http://trueslant.com/KashmirHill/2009/10/29/is-it-surprising-that-the-dhs-privacy-office-pretty-much-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-465 Todd Essig Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:25:11 +0000 http://trueslant.com/KashmirHill/?p=2981#comment-465 Maybe your acceptance of privacy's death has a bit more conflict attached than a simple "deal with it." After all you "admire" the "David-like persistence" of those willing to fight for privacy as a foundational human value "in the face of Goliathian anti-privacy forces." And, as we know, David won, eventually becoming king! Hail the King! Long live privacy!! Maybe your acceptance of privacy’s death has a bit more conflict attached than a simple “deal with it.” After all you “admire” the “David-like persistence” of those willing to fight for privacy as a foundational human value “in the face of Goliathian anti-privacy forces.” And, as we know, David won, eventually becoming king! Hail the King! Long live privacy!!

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