[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Dilbert Frequent Victims Club

[Michael Alexander]

Around 1965, Columbia Professor Alan Westin published a book about computers and privacy.  At the time, large computerized databases were being built – the Social Security Administration and the Census Bureau were among the pioneers, but private entities were certain to follow suit.  So Westin’s book was widely reviewed and discussed.  
I talked about Westin’s book with my father, a prominent computer scientist.  He remarked, “It’s very simple. You pass tough privacy laws, and if someone breaks the law, you throw him into prison.  Did that ever turn out to be premature!  (If his view should ever be vindicated, will he be hailed as a seer?)!
Then, in a moment of candor and hauteur:

"You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it."

   – Scott McNealy (Sun 

      Microsystems chief executive,

       1/26/1999)

That was a brief moment of honesty from the “tech” industry.
    – Mike Alexander


    


On Sunday, May 30, 2021, 6:57 PM, George Gamota <ggamota at stma-llc.com> wrote:

I remember Radio Shack started this, maybe in the 1990s by asking for
personal data every time you bought something, even for cash.
I hated going to them just because of their continuous pestering.
George

-----Original Message-----
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Mitchell I. Wolfe
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Subject: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Dilbert Frequent Victims Club

The continuous soliciting of personal data was parodied in today's Dilbert
cartoon:
https://dilbert.com/strip/2021-05-30

Love the line: "...because the other stores are just as bad as we are..."

-- Mitch

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