Privacy

Privacy is the ability to function in society anonymously.

According to Eric Hughes (quoted in http://www.activism.net/cypherpunk/manifesto.html), "Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world."

Some ways in which privacy is lost include the following:

--Waiver of privacy right included in the terms of a contract.

--Theft of confidential information.

Some methods which have been used to defend privacy include the following:

--Non-transparent packages

--encryption

--De jure establishment of privacy rights