Trust Us. It Worked for the Indians.

Privacy no longer can mean anonymity, says Donald Kerr, the principal deputy director of national intelligence. Instead, it should mean that government and businesses properly safeguards people's private communications and financial information.

From the Associated Press

Of course. Trust the government. Trust business.

First, government is corrupt. Trust it all you want, just be prepared to lose whatever you are trusting it with.

Second, business' job is not to look out for the individual's interest. No one is more capitalist than I am, but business does not succeed because its primary responsibility is watching out for the little guy. Business succeeds if it can give the little guy goods and services cheaply and efficiently. Even if business was supposed to look out for the individual, business has, on occasion, been corrupt.

We can trust the government and business to "properly safeguards people's private communications and financial information" shortly after Osama bin Laden converts to Judaism.