Security vs. privacy

Does anyone today really believe that they can keep their personal information entirely confidential? While some people have personal preferences about how much personal information they are forced to reveal, to function within society requires some exposure of such information.

The real concern about privacy today is not confidentiality, but access. In today's electronic society, the real problem is who has access to your personal information.This personal information can be accessed very easily technologically and then aggregated and sorted or processed. While many companies claim to have privacy policies governing how this will be used, those same companies invariably also reserve the right to change that policy at any time and without any prior consent — or even notice.For most, this lack of control is the real privacy concern. Most people would have much less ...
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