Secrecy and Privacy are not the same thing

// January 14th, 2014 // No Comments » // Uncategorized

I just watched an interesting video:

It is about the NSA betraying the world’s trust and it got me thinking: I’m not sure people understand the difference between secrecy and privacy. It seems that with the Snowden revelations in the news we hear this common acceptance of being monitored because “I have nothing to hide.”

For most of us this is probably the case – we aren’t doing something in secret that is illegal. We do not have anything to hide. But that’s not privacy. Privacy is not publishing conversations with friends – not because you are planning something mischievous, but because it’s a private conversation and nobody else’s business. (more…)