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Re:Twitter also sold data access to Cambridge Analytica rese... by samstave on Monday April 30, 2018 @01:44PM (#16960647)
Stupid but obvious "what-if-question": How can two private citizens attain the equivelant of "attorney-client privilege" -- What is the reason that such privacy 'rights' are exclusive to conversations between an attorney and a person/entity.

Sounds like 'honor among thieves' when talking simply about attorney-client privilege is only honored between and in only those in the legal field?

I'm not being obtuse - serious question.

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Re:Twitter also sold data access to Cambridge Analytica rese... by dragonwriter on Monday April 30, 2018 @01:54PM (#16960731)
> How can two private citizens attain the equivelant of "attorney-client privilege"

By one of them employing the other as an attorney (attorneys are private citizens).

(There are other similar but not strictly equivalente privileges, such as physician-patient, accountant-client, clergy-penitent, and marital privileges.)

> What is the reason that such privacy 'rights' are exclusive to conversations between an attorney and a person/entity.

Attorney-client privilege is needed because effective assistance of counsel requires people not to fear increasing their legal jeopardy through honest communication with their attorney.

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