There has been an ongoing legal battle regarding a blog called "Skanks in NYC". The blog was removed from Google when Google was sued to find out who ran the blog. The Plaintiff won and now the name of the blogger has been released. Story here http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/43718/98/
The person who wrote the blog is now in the process of looking at her legal options for suing Google over her invasion of privacy.
Seriously? Can you really claim that you were looking for privacy when you are posting your thoughts for the whole world to see?
I think that what she was looking for was anonymity, not privacy. Anonymity allows you to make comments that you would never make to a person's face. Anonymity allows you to avoid the repercussions of what you say. Is anonymity a right? If it is a right, is it a right you can expect when you are putting yourself out there in the public eye spouting off on topics that would normally expose you to defamation/liable (not a lawyer so sue me) lawsuits if you were to put your name on something?
I believe that what a person does in their own home is their business, but if you step outside it becomes the community's business. Walk around naked in your own house, we have no problems. I don't even care if you don't have the shades drawn because I shouldn't be peeping in your windows. But you step outside (and are not hot) we're going to have a conversation (if you're hot I'm likely to make as little noise as possible).
Privacy may be a right, but is anonymity? As always, your thoughts are welcome.
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I think your right in that privacy is the wrong thing she is asking for; but why anyone has any expectation of anonymity when commiting a legal wrong (in this case defamation or whatever) amazes me - why do people think that you can't be tracked online?
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