You're right! Some (!) paranoia is not too bad.
Cheers Günti
-----Original Message----- From: swinog-bounces@lists.swinog.ch [mailto:swinog-bounces@lists.swinog.ch] On Behalf Of Rainer Duffner] IRC Server dead ?
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Well, in the former GDR (DDR, East Germany), when they had elections, people could use the polling booth to mark the ballot paper in privacy. But most people choose not to - it looked too much as if they had something to hide and might want to vote with "No" (GDR was "famous for 99.9%" results.
What people don't seem to "get" is that privacy is something you've got to maintain while you don't really need it - because if you let it erode to the point that it no longer exists, it's too late and you can't reclaim it without large and painful sacrifices.
Rainer
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