Lawrence Lessig: Technology Will Create New Models for Privacy Regulation
None of these articles explain why privacy is a good thing. They just assume it to be a fact. I have some issues with this.<p>What if the entire premise of privacy being beneficial is flawed? What if the actual problem is that we build systems and processes that rely on the unsustainable idea of privacy and the wishful ability to keep secrets? Do people not see that this makes everything more fragile and likely to break?<p>I don&#x27;t want more regulations for startups that want to analyze my genome, nor do I want to become an expert in internet security just to browse the web. Writing software is already difficult as it is, and the requirement to protect privacy makes it even more difficult and risky.<p>The real question is, what can we do to make living a transparent and open life possible.