[fredBuddemeyer]

is there any evidence that the loss of privacy is more than the gains we share from being open and sharing? is there any reason to believe that even such thoughtful posts about privacy will not look quaint and absurd in a couple of years? a loss in privacy is a gain in openness and understanding and thats why real (and much more often) hypothetical horrors aside it is an intrinsic and evolutionary trend for humanity.