Schneier — “One hundred years ago, everyone could have personal…”

Source: Liars and Outliers: Enabling the Trust that Society Needs to Thrive — Bruce Schneier

Book page: schneier-liars-outliers

From: Bruce Schneier — Quotes

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One hundred years ago, everyone could have personal privacy. You and your friend could walk into an empty field, look around to see that no one else was nearby, and have a level of privacy that has forever been lost. As Whitfield Diffie has said: “No right of private conversation was enumerated in the Constitution. I don’t suppose it occurred to anyone at the time that it could be prevented