[LINK] Wireless earbuds

[Antony Barry]

On Fri, Apr 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM Roger Clarke <Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au>
wrote:

> [ You too can sign up for surveillance, storage and sale of your vital
> signs, both in batch / bulk / retrospectively and in real time.
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> [ Needless to say, location and tracking comes free to you, but charged
> to the ear-bud service-provider's many clients. ]
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This reminded me of a quotation so I asked Perplexity to track it down -

The phrase "privacy is dead. Get used to it" has been attributed to several
prominent technology figures, but the most widely recognized origin is
Scott McNealy, co-founder and then-CEO of Sun Microsystems. In 1999,
McNealy famously stated, "You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it,"
during a press event, which has since been paraphrased and widely cited as
"privacy is dead. Get used to it"[3][1].

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, has also been associated with the
sentiment that privacy is no longer a social norm, and some sources claim
he said "privacy is dead, get used to it" around 2010[2]. However, the
original and most direct attribution of the phrase in this form is to
McNealy in 1999.

There are also references to the phrase being used by other technology
leaders, including claims that a Google CEO said it[5], but the most
verifiable and widely cited instance remains Scott McNealy's statement in
1999[3][1].

Sources
[1] Privacy is dead - get over it. | The IT Skeptic
http://itskeptic.org/node/439.html
[2] Tea Uglow on Doubt, Life Pre–Transition, and the Shaping Power of ...
https://www.theosthinktank.co.uk/comment/2023/10/25/tea-uglow-on-doubt-life-pretransition-and-the-shaping-power-of-technology
[3] If Privacy Is Dead, What Can We Do Instead?
http://technologyandsociety.org/if-privacy-is-dead-what-can-we-do-instead/
[4] Turns Out Paul Graham Was Right About Privacy - LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20130328203014-1791094-turns-out-paul-graham-was-right-about-privacy
[5] Every Machine Can Be Used To Watch You. Interested in Privacy?
https://readwrite.com/every_machine_around_you_is_watching_you_intereste/
[6] Privacy is dead, get over it! 1 Information privacy and the dream of a
... https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13600830802472990
[7] Privacy is Dead! A History | WireWheel
https://wirewheel.io/blog/privacy-is-dead/
[8] "Privacy is dead, get over it" [updated] - DSHR's Blog
https://blog.dshr.org/2017/05/privacy-is-dead-get-over-it.html
[9] Privacy Is Dead -- Long Live Privacy - Forbes
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2019/10/21/privacy-is-dead-long-live-privacy/
[10] Privacy is Dead: The Birth of Social Media Background Checks
https://www.ssrn.com/abstract=2020790
[11] Facebook's Zuckerberg Says The Age of Privacy Is Over
https://www.nytimes.com/external/readwriteweb/2010/01/10/10readwriteweb-facebooks-zuckerberg-says-the-age-of-privac-82963.html
[12] 6 Reasons Why Data Privacy is Dead - Identity Management Institute®
https://identitymanagementinstitute.org/6-reasons-why-data-privacy-is-dead/
[13] Privacy Is Dead And Most People Really Don't Care - Forbes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/neilsahota/2020/10/14/privacy-is-dead-and-most-people-really-dont-care/
[14] Tim McBride: Learning to live in world of suspicion - NZ Herald
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/tim-mcbride-learning-to-live-in-world-of-suspicion/U7IHVSXEKNMOG7MM4GRYYRTYKM/
[15] Privacy is not dead; it's powerful - IAPP
https://iapp.org/news/a/privacy-is-not-dead-its-powerful
[16] Microsoft: From QDOS to QMA in less than 35 years - Shtetl-Optimized
https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=1471
[17] Privacy is dead, long live privacy! Two diverging perspectives ... -
OSF https://osf.io/ugvft/
[18] nanog: Re: user-relative names - was:[Re: Yahoo and IPv6]
https://seclists.org/nanog/2011/May/585
[19] The Next HOPE Conference Wrap Up — John Huntington
https://www.controlgeek.net/blog/2010/7/18/the-next-hope-conference-wrap-up.html
[20] Privacy Is Dead, Long Live Privacy! - Hogrefe eContent
https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/10.1027/1864-1105/a000357

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