Out of all the calls taken, nearly half — I think they say forty-five percent — are from people who are afraid someone else knows data that they don’… - John Brunner

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Out of all the calls taken, nearly half — I think they say forty-five percent — are from people who are afraid someone else knows data that they don’t and is gaining an unfair advantage by it. For all the claims one hears about the liberating impact of the data-net, the truth is that it’s wished on most of us a brand-new reason for paranoia.