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<div><br></div><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>I talked about Westin’s book <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">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! </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">(If </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">his </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">view should </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">ever be </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">vindicated, will he be hailed as a seer?)!</span></div><div><br></div><div>Then, in a moment of candor and hauteur:</div><div><br></div><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 21px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">"You have zero <a href="https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/Privacy"><span class="s2" style="">privacy</span></a> anyway. Get over it."</span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 21px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>– Scott McNealy (Sun </span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 21px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Microsystems chief executive,</span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 21px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>1/26/1999)</span></p><div><br></div>That was a brief moment of honesty from the “tech” industry.<div><br></div><div> – Mike Alexander<br><br><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 21px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> </p></div><div><br><p class="yahoo-quoted-begin" style="font-size: 15px; color: #715FFA; padding-top: 15px; margin-top: 0">On Sunday, May 30, 2021, 6:57 PM, George Gamota <ggamota@stma-llc.com> wrote:</p><blockquote class="iosymail"><div dir="ltr">I remember Radio Shack started this, maybe in the 1990s by asking for<br clear="none">personal data every time you bought something, even for cash.<br clear="none">I hated going to them just because of their continuous pestering.<br clear="none">George<br clear="none"><br clear="none">-----Original Message-----<br clear="none">From: LCTG <lctg-bounces+ggamota=<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:stma-llc.com@lists.toku.us" href="mailto:stma-llc.com@lists.toku.us">stma-llc.com@lists.toku.us</a>> On Behalf Of<br clear="none">Mitchell I. Wolfe<br clear="none">Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2021 5:49 PM<br clear="none">To: Lexington Computer Group New Address Distribution <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:LCTG@lists.toku.us" href="mailto:LCTG@lists.toku.us">LCTG@lists.toku.us</a>><br clear="none">Subject: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Dilbert Frequent Victims Club<br clear="none"><br clear="none">The continuous soliciting of personal data was parodied in today's Dilbert<br clear="none">cartoon:<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://dilbert.com/strip/2021-05-30" target="_blank">https://dilbert.com/strip/2021-05-30</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Love the line: "...because the other stores are just as bad as we are..."<br clear="none"><br clear="none">-- Mitch<br clear="none"><br clear="none">===============================================<br clear="none">::The Lexington Computer and Technology Group Mailing List::<br clear="none">Reply goes to sender only; Reply All to send to list.<br clear="none">Send to the list: <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:LCTG@lists.toku.us" href="mailto:LCTG@lists.toku.us">LCTG@lists.toku.us</a> Message archives:<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://lists.toku.us/private.cgi/lctg-toku.us" target="_blank">http://lists.toku.us/private.cgi/lctg-toku.us</a><br clear="none">To subscribe: email <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lctg-subscribe@toku.us" href="mailto:lctg-subscribe@toku.us">lctg-subscribe@toku.us</a> To unsubscribe: email<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us" href="mailto:lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us">lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us</a> Future and Past meeting information:<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://LCTG.toku.us " target="_blank">http://LCTG.toku.us </a>List information:<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us" target="_blank">http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us</a><br clear="none">This message was sent to <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:ggamota@stma-llc.com." href="mailto:ggamota@stma-llc.com.">ggamota@stma-llc.com.</a><br clear="none">Set your list options:<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/ggamota@stma-llc.com" target="_blank">http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/ggamota@stma-llc.com</a><div class="yqt7727007154" id="yqtfd02249"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">===============================================<br clear="none">::The Lexington Computer and Technology Group Mailing List::<br clear="none">Reply goes to sender only; Reply All to send to list.<br clear="none">Send to the list: <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:LCTG@lists.toku.us" href="mailto:LCTG@lists.toku.us">LCTG@lists.toku.us</a> Message archives: <a shape="rect" href="http://lists.toku.us/private.cgi/lctg-toku.us" target="_blank">http://lists.toku.us/private.cgi/lctg-toku.us</a><br clear="none">To subscribe: email <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lctg-subscribe@toku.us" href="mailto:lctg-subscribe@toku.us">lctg-subscribe@toku.us</a> To unsubscribe: email <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us" href="mailto:lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us">lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us</a><br clear="none">Future and Past meeting information: <a shape="rect" href="http://LCTG.toku.us" target="_blank">http://LCTG.toku.us</a><br clear="none">List information: <a shape="rect" href="http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us" target="_blank">http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us</a><br clear="none">This message was sent to <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:mna.ma@yahoo.com." href="mailto:mna.ma@yahoo.com.">mna.ma@yahoo.com.</a><br clear="none">Set your list options: <a shape="rect" href="http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/mna.ma@yahoo.com" target="_blank">http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/mna.ma@yahoo.com</a><br clear="none"></div><div class="yqt7727007154" id="yqtfd02249"><br></div></div><blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>
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