A History of Privacy
This New Yorker article traces the history of privacy from the mid 1800s to today:
As a matter of historical analysis, the relationship between secrecy and privacy can be stated in an axiom: the defense of privacy follows, and never precedes, the emergence of new technologies for the exposure of secrets. In other words, the case for privacy always comes too late. The horse is out of the barn. The post office has opened your mail. Your photograph is on Facebook. Google already knows that, notwithstanding your demographic, you hate kale.
Darth • November 30, 2015 1:15 PM
Duh – backups! Or packet sniffers. They don’t need direct access to the servers. Talk about plausible denial.