Right to Privacy

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1. ta756373882Jun 2022
   There is a tradition of data and metadata privacy based on Brandeis's "The Right to Privacy" from 1890. You are correct that this tradition is partly rooted in 4th amendment jurisprudence, but it has deeper foundations in English common law. Amy Gajda's Seek and Hide is an accessible introduction to the area if you are looking for a deeper dive into the subject.

   Many of the landmark privacy-as-bodily-autonomy decisions are related to reproductive health, but there are others. McFall v. Shrimp is another important case in the area and concerns forced medical procedures rather than reproductive health: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/McFall_v._Shimp The court found in that case that an individual could not be compelled to donate bone marrow, even though it was necessary for another to live, because that would violate "the sanctity of the individual."

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2. elliusMay 2018
   You already hit this point but: the Constitution, and especially the Bill of Rights, is about defining a legal structure of government. We can all agree that privacy is a "universal right," but neither history nor legal precedent supports that interpretation unequivocally (even with regard to the government specifically; you can read some really interesting Constitutional history about the "right to privacy" and how it arose as a concept in the late 1800s; Brandeis's "The Right to Privacy" is a fascinating historical document"). The only true remedy to this problem is laws enacted by Congress. We need to stop talking about this in a wishy-washy idealistic way and start talking about realistic, precise, and legal solutions, which means enacting specific laws.
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3. afarrellSep 2016
   "The Right to Privacy" by Warren and Brandeis.

   http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.805/articles/priva...

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4. e12eJul 2015
   While not directly related to Anonymity, I also strongly recommend Warren and Brandeis: "The Right to Privacy" as reading on some arguments against the "... if you have nothing to hide"-arguments:

   http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.805/articles/priva...

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5. e12eJul 2013
   If you can't imagine anything bad happening, you lack imagination.

   Assume Amazon will lose your data. Assume everyone else (facebook, twitter, g+, flickr) will lose your data, give them up -- or that they are already public.

   Assume someone will correlate all that data, and sell it as a black market service to allow anyone to track you, see if you're in or out of your house, assume your government will put you on a no fly list if you're buying books on military tactics, left/right wing political opinion, assume your government will become oppressive in 15 years and mark up all your kids for "special attention" based on your shopping habits today etc etc...

   See also:

   "The Right to Privacy by Louis Dembitz Brandeis and Samuel D. Warren" http://www.gutenberg.org/files/37368/37368-h/37368-h.htm

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6. e12eJun 2012
   One of the best commentaries I've read on this topic, is still:

   "THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY." by Warren and Brandeis -- originally published in 1891(!):

     http://www.gutenberg.org/files/37368/37368-h/37368-h.htm
   

   Very well written, and illuminating to this day.
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