XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.privacy   
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   Jeff Layman wrote:   
      
   >>  it's hard to protect against what we don't know about...   
   >   
   > Indeed. This is the Android equivalent of Rumsfeld's "unknown unknowns"!   
      
   Hi Jeff,   
   For my analogy below, it may be important to note that one of my degrees is   
   in the life sciences, so I know we're being "attacked" by microbes.   
      
   My analogy is that privacy is no different, strategically, than hygiene.   
      
   At any one time you might not know exactly which microbes are attacking   
   you, but if you practice personal hygiene, you'll keep most of them at bay.   
      
   >> But at least we can protect against what we _do_ know about.   
   >   
   > We can try, but, with a moving target we can't always be sure we'll   
   > succeed. What is successful today might not work tomorrow.   
      
   As with microbes attacking us from all sides, we pretty much know their   
   modus operandi, so while we can't protect against every individual attack,   
   if we practice personal hygiene, we can protect in general from most.   
      
   However, privacy, like hygiene, is a never-ending set of habits.   
      
   >> What I'd love to know is what other privacy measures I can take on either.   
   >> Any suggestions?   
   >   
   > I guess the only thing is to assume that someone - and you know who that   
   > someone is  - is *always* listening, and act accordingly.   
      
   We agree that privacy is akin to personal hygiene habits.   
   You can assume you're being attacked and hence you keep clean accordingly.   
      
   To that end, if others on this newsgroup can add to our privacy practices,   
   that would be of benefit to all since together we know more than alone.   
   --   
   Posted out of the goodness of my heart to disseminate useful information   
   which, in this case, is to discuss the strategy of basic personal privacy.   
      
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