Comment Re:A second thought (Score 1) 193
Unfortunately privacy doesn't really work that way. The price of freedom and privacy seems to be the inability to truly prevent crime. It's the old idea of being innocent until proven guilty. It means that someone can do something pretty nasty at least once. Getting caught, punished and prevented from doing it again is good but not really relevant.
What governments seem to want to to do these days is predict when something bad is going to happen and prevent it. Privacy is sacrificed in the process. How far are we prepared to go to prevent such things as child abuse? It's a constant tug of war which the "think of the children" brigade seem to be winning at the moment.
What governments seem to want to to do these days is predict when something bad is going to happen and prevent it. Privacy is sacrificed in the process. How far are we prepared to go to prevent such things as child abuse? It's a constant tug of war which the "think of the children" brigade seem to be winning at the moment.
