‘We Need to Think of Privacy as a Right and Not as Property’
By Jackson Chen
First of two parts.
Privacy is an essential part of how people act freely, according to Bruce Schneier, a security technologist who works with Harvard University, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Tor Project and others.
Schneier, 58, has been writing about security issues since 2004 — and, despite the rapid technological leaps since then, he remains current on crucial privacy issues.
In the years since, private companies have grown accustomed to gathering consumer data, while governments are finally starting to look at privacy regulation.
In the first of a two-part interview, Schneier told Digital Privacy News that one key principle must be understood by these organizations: Privacy is not property but a human right.
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