Privacy Rights

As you know, I don't give a hoot for so-called "privacy rights." The only privacy rights that exist are the right to not be forced to go naked in public (and along with that comes the responsibility to not go around naked in public, or semi-naked), and some limited right to keep private matters private (and along with that comes the responsibility to keep them so yourself. That means that if you are gabbing on the cell phone in public about your sex life (or advertising it on a teeshirt or bumber sticker), don't holler to me when the government wants to tap Ahmed the Mad Bomber's phone).

Beyond that, all bets are off, and the whole protection from search and seizure thing is nothing but 18th century liberal fetishism for the supreme autonomy of the individual. Bah! Bah! and Bah! Humbug!

If you have done nothing wrong, you have nothing to hide.

This sentence still sends liberals up the walls, although none of them can really give a rational reason that it is in error.

If you have done nothing wrong, you have nothing to hide.

It will probably be the motto of the Civil Guard in the Keilholtz Dictatorship.

Personally, I find it fascinating that Google keeps track of all of these search engine requests. It will be extremely valuable to anthropologists of the future. However, that being said, I do find things like this amusing. Someone went to a lot of trouble to turn their fetish for privacy (and one wonders what sort of wrong they are doing that they dedicate so much time to wanting to hide it) into a product.

So, if this sort of thing appeals to you, for whatever twisted reasons you might have for keeping your internet activity hidden, here are your fellow travellers. In the Dictatorship we will probably secretly monitor who goes on this site and do some investigations.