online privacy – be very AFRAID

I follow Jeff Jarvis religiously, one of the best pundits on the WWW:

At two privacy conferences—one in New York, the other right now in Victoria, B.C.—I’ve watched the growth of privacy’s regulatory/industrial complex and seen its strategy in action: scare, then sell. …

… the emergence of Privacy, Inc., as a industry built on scaring people is beginning to scare me. …

Buzz Machine – The privacy industry: Scare and sell

Jeff tells us not to be so worried about privacy online … unless you’re doing something illegal.