Schneier's response to Eric Schmidt

Re:Schneier's response to Eric Schmidt by benatkin on Wednesday December 09, 2009 @09:04PM (#987136)

I don't buy it. I think it's an underhanded tactic. I think he meant to say it, but to say it in a way that was deniable.

The excuse that people should only worry about privacy if they have something to hide, is nothing new. I think Eric Schmidt is good at recognizing patterns, and therefore must have noticed that he said that while he was taking part in the interview. I know I couldn't let those words slip by if I said them.

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Re:Schneier's response to Eric Schmidt by netcan on Wednesday December 09, 2009 @09:11PM (#987147)

I think that's overparanoid. People don't always see these pattern. What you are saying is pretty subtle. Remember when GW Bush sai "crusade?"

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Re:Schneier's response to Eric Schmidt by benatkin on Wednesday December 09, 2009 @09:31PM (#987173)

I was talking specifically about Eric Schmidt, not "people". I think he's pretty smart, and smart in the kind of way that would make him notice things like this. Google certainly wouldn't have hired Dubya for CEO.

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Re:Schneier's response to Eric Schmidt by netcan on Wednesday December 09, 2009 @10:10PM (#987224)

It wasn't a press release was it? I thought it was an interview.

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Re:Schneier's response to Eric Schmidt by benatkin on Wednesday December 09, 2009 @10:33PM (#987245)

It was an interview, but I have a different picture of what an interview is like for a skilled CEO than I do for most people.

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Re:Schneier's response to Eric Schmidt by netcan on Wednesday December 09, 2009 @10:48PM (#987258)

OK. I'm back to where I started. You're over paranoid.

;)

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