--- To: Declan McCullagh <declan@private> cc: politech@private Subject: Re: [Politech] Barbra Streisand loses suit against californiacoastline.org [fs][priv] Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2004 08:30:17 -0500 From: Dan Geer <geer@private> Yes, this is the great question we have before us: Is data that is observable without cost to the observed data that can accrue to another? If I take your picture in the public street, can I post it? If I record the hours of the coming and going of your car from your driveway, again while standing in the public street, can I post that? If I merely take every public record about you that is publicly available and fuse the result, can I post that? Does information want to be free? The point remains: We have crossed that Rubicon where existence of data as the focus of our interest (like what videos did you purchase). On this side of that River, the question has nothing to do with whether the data exists but rather what is done with it given that it does exist. --dan --- To: Declan McCullagh <declan@private> cc: politech@private Subject: Re: [Politech] TSA tries to detect terrorists through public databases [priv] In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 02 Jan 2004 00:58:18 EST." <6.0.0.22.2.20040102004628.02afb230@private> Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2004 08:24:27 -0500 From: Dan Geer <geer@private> > "Some terrorists who have not established a significant or useful > electronic footprint may still be detected by their lack of such a > footprint, TSA said". TSA is absolutely correct, but not the first to the party. "Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?" "To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time." "The dog did nothing in the night-time." "That was the curious incident," remarked Sherlock Holmes. -- Arthur Conan Doyle, "Silver Blaze" --dan _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/)
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