Ah, da hat sich das pathologische Ego-Linking von Bruce Schneier ja doch mal gelohnt: Über den Wert der Privatsphäre. (Den Ursprungsartikel von heute verlinke ich mal nicht. Ein Schneier-Link reicht.)

Too many wrongly characterize the debate as "security versus privacy." The real choice is liberty versus control. Tyranny, whether it arises under threat of foreign physical attack or under constant domestic authoritative scrutiny, is still tyranny. Liberty requires security without intrusion, security plus privacy.

Der Anlass war diese Aufforderung, "privacy" umzudefinieren:

Privacy no longer can mean anonymity, says Donald Kerr, the principal deputy director of national intelligence. Instead, it should mean that government and businesses properly safeguard people's private communications and financial information.