A fantastic write-up by Bruce Schneier (crypto/security guru, one of my favorite technology thinkers, and fellow Minnesotan) on privacy. In response to the declarations by the CEOs of Facebook, Google, and others that “privacy is dead,” Schneier points out that young people don’t think that at all.

Schneiers point is that to the old guard, privacy equals secrecy, but to young people privacy means control. This explains why Facebook’s privacy changes and Google Buzz created such a backlash despite claims that young people don’t care about privacy. Well worth the read.

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