Privacy And Transparency Are Not Mutually Exclusive, But Complementary In A Healthy Society

@RickFalkvinge

[...] On the surface, transparency stands at odds with privacy. If you have transparency of government, how can you have privacy for the people at the same time? You can. The keyword to note is “transparency of government“. The successful societies of our time have all had transparent governments, while at the same time, they have secured civil liberties for the individual citizens. [...]

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