Presently, there is a fuss about invasion of privacy. Everyone is up in arms about the NSA, FISA, Google, and the acquisition of data, such as electronic mail addresses, telephone numbers and preferred brands of toothpaste. Paranoia about the potential of the government to spy on our pathetic and self-aggrandizing Facebook posts without telling us that it has become our "friend" fulminates.

No one should be concerned about the hoarding of electronic data by the government, unless, of course, one has something to hide. Maybe everyone does, but if this is so, then, unlike Andrew Weiner, one should not email a photo of it to one's new and dear acquaintance.

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