Richard Stallman's Tin-Foil Hat (Bruce Perens' Journal)
Posted Nov 21, 2005 18:46 UTC (Mon) by
Max.Hyre (subscriber, #1054)
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Richard Stallman's Tin-Foil Hat (Bruce Perens' Journal)
Richard acquired an entire roll of aluminum foil and wore his foil-shielded pass prominently. He willingly unwrapped it to go through any of the visible check-points...
Once more, viva Stallman! His perfectly-reasonable
response to a situation in which the Powers-That-Be implied
that he had no privacy worries unmasked the fact that he,
in fact, did.
An outstanding example of how to react when such a
situation arises: If they're truthful, they'll be fine
with the response. If they're not fine...
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