Well said, Jacques.<p>There are too many angry, ranty, sensationalist accounts of why online surveillance is A Bad Thing, and you put it in a calm & rational way.<p>I hope more people read this article and better understand the objections if they didn't already.
"It’s been a bit of a slow realization for me, but I don’t actually want to be safe, I’d rather be free and unsafe."<p>This, I believe, is the key tension in democracies. A majority of the constituents can be scared into compromises for "their security", not fully understanding what they are really giving up. A large number would rather "feel safe" than "feel free".
Does the Internet Archive project collect emails or cross any privacy lines? Will future Archive members be as benevolent?<p>(Should I go read the Archive's website and find out for myself? Probably yes.)