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February 6, 2005
Addition: March 30, 2023
Shutting off an optional
feature is not the same as not
having the feature.
E.g. why worry about the privacy
implications of cameras mounted
on your phone or computer? You can
always shut them off if you want,
can't you?
But if you do shut it off,
people will know you've shut
it off.
The question "What is this guy hiding?"
may be running through their heads.
The question "Are they thinking
'what is this guy hiding?'" may be
running through your head.
The presence of the option changes
the landscape, in ways that aren't
even all that subtle.
You would think it would be
an obvious point by now, but
many people still don't get it.
There's always:
The need to believe that
technology must be neutral. NEUTRAL
The need for simplicity?
March 30, 2023
(The need to believe the
situation is more simple
than it is.)
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