Re:Silly paranoia (Score 2)

A comment for reality Master 101 about TrustE:

TrustE is an organization created by companies such as M$ to police privacy policies. They do not police priacy as a whole -- they are an instrument to help maintaqin the current system whereby any site with a privacy policy is supposedly acting in good faith.

TrustE does not event try to make sites post privacy-friendly privacy policies; they only attempt to make sure a site is acting in accordiance with the privacy policy they have posted.

So a site could post a privacy policy that states they will collect all the information about a visitor they can, and will sell it to anyone they choose. And as long as the site did that, they could have a TrustE seal. Remember the first major Hotmail hole a few months back? Well, when M$ needed to do a privacy audit they called TrustE. And, surprise, the entire process, including the findings, were closed from the public. Not exactly an approach that is in line with the priciples of good security. Whatever your personal opinions are about privacy (and you're right -- we don't really know what your opinions are) one think I think (hope:) we can agree on is that the DoubleClick Board is filled with people who agree with the existing policies of the company. They all want privacy policies and opt-out marketing instead of strong privacy-enhancing technologies and a legal framework for data collection and use. This isn't a consumer advocacy Boeard -- it is a lobbying group for DoubleClick. That should be obvious to everyone. Peace.

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