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[Dora Scilipoti]

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Changes by:     Dora Scilipoti <dora>   22/06/14 08:56:02

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        Add anchors in headers, table of contents, and other tweaks by Therese 
(www-discuss June 13, 2022).

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 or her.  We need to go further.</p>
 </div>
 
-<h3 style="clear: both">The Upper Limit on Surveillance in a Democracy</h3>
+<div class="toc" style="clear: both">
+<hr class="no-display" />
+<h3 class="no-display">Table of contents</h3>
+<ul class="columns">
+ <li><a href="#upperlimit">The Upper Limit on Surveillance in a 
Democracy</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#willbemisused">Information, Once Collected, Will Be 
Misused</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#technical">Robust Protection for Privacy Must Be 
Technical</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#commonsense">First, Don't Be Foolish</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#privacybydesign">We Must Design Every System for 
Privacy</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#dispersal">Remedy for Collecting Data: Leaving It 
Dispersed</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#digitalcash">Remedy for Internet Commerce Surveillance</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#travel">Remedy for Travel Surveillance</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#communications">Remedy for Communications Dossiers</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#necessary">But Some Surveillance Is Necessary</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#conclusion">Conclusion</a></li>
+</ul>
+<hr class="no-display" />
+</div>
+
+<h3 id="upperlimit">The Upper Limit on Surveillance in a Democracy</h3>
 
 <div class="columns">
 <p>If whistleblowers don't dare reveal crimes and lies, we lose the
@@ -115,10 +138,10 @@
 spoke to a known journalist or a known dissident.</p>
 </div>
 
-<h3>Information, Once Collected, Will Be Misused</h3>
+<h3 id="willbemisused">Information, Once Collected, Will Be Misused</h3>
 
 <div  class="columns">
-<p id="willbemisused">When people recognize
+<p>When people recognize
 that the level of general surveillance is too
 high, the first response is to propose limits on access to the
 accumulated data.  That sounds nice, but it won't fix the problem, not
@@ -201,7 +224,7 @@
 that is easily accessible to the state.</p>
 </div>
 
-<h3>Robust Protection for Privacy Must Be Technical</h3>
+<h3 id="technical">Robust Protection for Privacy Must Be Technical</h3>
 
 <div class="columns">
 <p>The Electronic Frontier Foundation and other organizations propose
@@ -233,7 +256,7 @@
 ignoring this law, the idea would hardly make sense.</p>
 </div>
 
-<h3>First, Don't Be Foolish</h3>
+<h3 id="commonsense">First, Don't Be Foolish</h3>
 
 <div class="columns">
 <p>To have privacy, you must not throw it away: the first one who has
@@ -278,7 +301,7 @@
 suspects.</p>
 </div>
 
-<h3>We Must Design Every System for Privacy</h3>
+<h3 id="privacybydesign">We Must Design Every System for Privacy</h3>
 
 <div class="columns">
 <p>If we don't want a total surveillance society, we must consider
@@ -301,10 +324,10 @@
 systems&nbsp;[<a href="#ambientprivacy">1</a>].</p>
 </div>
 
-<h3>Remedy for Collecting Data: Leaving It Dispersed</h3>
+<h3 id="dispersal">Remedy for Collecting Data: Leaving It Dispersed</h3>
 
 <div class="columns">
-<p id="dispersal">One way to make monitoring safe for privacy is
+<p>One way to make monitoring safe for privacy is
 to keep the data dispersed and inconvenient to
 access.  Old-fashioned security cameras were no threat to privacy(<a 
href="#privatespace">*</a>).
 The recording was stored on the premises, and kept for a few weeks at
@@ -417,7 +440,7 @@
 knows nothing about you.</p>
 </div>
 
-<h3>Remedy for Travel Surveillance</h3>
+<h3 id="travel">Remedy for Travel Surveillance</h3>
 
 <div class="columns">
 <p>We must convert digital toll collection to anonymous payment (using
@@ -477,7 +500,7 @@
 borrower's identity immediately.</p>
 </div>
 
-<h3>Remedy for Communications Dossiers</h3>
+<h3 id="communications">Remedy for Communications Dossiers</h3>
 
 <div class="columns">
 <p>Internet service providers and telephone companies keep extensive
@@ -519,7 +542,7 @@
 would be hard to determine that you had sent mail to me.</p>
 </div>
 
-<h3>But Some Surveillance Is Necessary</h3>
+<h3 id="necessary">But Some Surveillance Is Necessary</h3>
 
 <div class="columns">
 <p>For the state to find criminals, it needs to be able to investigate
@@ -557,7 +580,7 @@
 <p>However, journalism must be protected from surveillance even when
 it is carried out as part of a business.</p>
 </div>
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+<div id="conclusion" class="column-limit"></div>
 
 <div class="reduced-width">
 <p>Digital technology has brought about a tremendous increase in the
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+$Date: 2022/06/14 12:55:59 $
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