Dan Gillmor's article in ComputerWorld explains why we're suddenly hearing that privacy and security cannot co-exist. And it's not just because of the government.
But corporate America has never been a friend of privacy. Building dossiers on customers and regulating their behavior has always been something of a Holy Grail for businesses.

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