Stage Set for Showdown on Online Privacy

[Robert Holtzman]

On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 03:18:57PM +1100, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 11/11/2010 09:49, Robert Holtzman wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 10:40:21PM +1100, Basil Chupin wrote:
> >    
> >> WASHINGTON After do not call lists became popular, more than 90
> >>
> >> percent of people who signed up reported fewer annoying telemarketing
> >> calls. Now, privacy advocates are pushing for a similar do not track
> >> feature that would let Internet users tell Web sites to stop
> >> surreptitiously tracking their online habits and collecting clues about
> >> age, salary, health, location and leisure activities
> >>      
> > Even as we read this, the corporate community that owns the government
> > via their lobbyists are rolling on the floor convulsed with hysterical
> > laughter. The legislators, on the other hand, are salivating over the
> > thought of all the free vacations in the Bahamas and other
> > gifts....freely given with no thought of any quid pro quo of course.
> >
> >               ..........snip.........
> >
> > Excuse me now. I have to go and wipe the tears from my eyes.
> >    
> 
> "It's hard to argue against cynics -- they always sound smarter than 
> optimists because they have so much evidence on their side." :-)

Aw shucks I only know what I've seen over these last 70<mumble harumph> 
years.

-- 
Bob Holtzman
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"If you think you're getting free lunch,
 check the price of the beer"
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