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Will We Still Have Privacy?
Despite the best electronic security, yes, to an unprecedented extent your life will be an open book to anybody who really wants to look. How to stop this? The same method that works so well today, the one that keeps most people from going through your garbage or raiding your mailbox: Common decency. The fact that most of us consider invasions of privacy morally wrong is the best defense today -- and will be in the future.
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How We Will Live
Will Women Still Need Men?
Will a Woman Become Pope?
Will Politicians Matter?
Will We Ever Log Off?
Will We Still Go Out to the Game?
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    Identify the U.S. agency that outlined proposed Internet privacy rules in February 2000.

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    web resources
    Electronic Privacy Information Center
    Since 1994, this Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit has served as a leading watchdog for violations of privacy and First Amendment rights in the digital age

    Privacy.net
    A complete rundown of what can be gleaned from your computer as you surf the Web, and what you can do to stem the flood of information

    The Privacy Page
    A compendium of news stories and action alerts about infringements of privacy, both online and offline, in the U.S. and abroad