>>>>>> And the reading of your private post was not once upon a time, its happening right now and you would not know if your post was being opened and checked by government organisations .
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>>>>>No doubt, I agree with you,but it is besides the point. I now DO have the ability to send a private communication, via email or otherwise. I now DO have the ability to protect my private data/content. I now DO have the ability to surf the internet anonymously due to encryption. If you make encryption illegal or force keys to be handed over or whatever then all the law abiding people will comply and the criminals will carry on doing whatever they do. That is the point I am making. And in the meantime another one of your rights will have been diminished or taken away.
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>>>>The right to private communication in any circumstances is a myth, its a right we've never had.
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>>>What does the qualifier "in any circumstances" mean?
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>>My mistake.
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>>The right to private communication is a myth, its a right we've never had.
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>Let me ask you; regardless of whether or not the right to privacy is protected by a country's constitution or legal system, are you saying that you do not believe a communication between, say, you and your wife has any right to absolute privacy, even as a basic human right regardless of the written laws of the land?

Its a good point (I assume thats what you think). But no. I think the rights of the majority trump the rights of the individual . Your conversation with my wife example . Privacy fine if I was discussing a personal matter. Not so fine if I was discussing how to build or where to plant a bomb. So effectively no "right" to privacy.