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The importance of secrecy (was: EWW improvements: open in new buffer, ta


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: The importance of secrecy (was: EWW improvements: open in new buffer, tags, quickmarks, search engines, ...)
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 13:57:15 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux)

> There's a privacy issue here, though, so it should be possible to switch
> it off.  And perhaps eww should have a porn, I mean anonymous, mode

BTW, I think using "porn" as a humorous justification for secrecy is
detrimental since it promotes the view that secrecy is only used for
objectionable activities, along the lines of "I don't need secrecy
because I have nothing to hide".

The recent Cambridge Analytica blip (it seems to have already
disappeared from the media, sadly) is a prime example of why
"no-secrecy" ultimately means "no democracy" or "no power".


        Stefan "who does realize that EWW's history probably won't be
                shared on Facebook, so maybe he didn't choose the best
                moment to bring up this general issue"




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