Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something one doesn’t want the whole world to know, but a secret matter is something one doesn’t want anybody to know. Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world.
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The text from "Cypherpunk's Manifesto" compared to "Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse," where EU bureaucrats are trying to control our private messages under the guise of protecting us... The difference between the two writings is the difference between freedom and tyranny, which comes disguised as the need to protect our children from the dangers they face.
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Privacy is necessary for an open…
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