Privacy, what it is and what it isn't

Many folks mistake privacy with security. They believe that an increased regimen of stops and procedures will eventually result in privacy of the individual. But privacy is as simple as having time for the basic necessities of life, without the constant external pressures of civilization. There are many ways to destroy an individuals privacy and not many ways to repair it. It is fragile and when an individual or party takes steps out of their own way to intervene or otherwise manipulate another, they have compromised a very delicate privacy that exists. Sometimes it's not as simple as injunction in another path, sometimes it's slights, double entendres, or otherwise neglecting someones privacy.

Most privacy violations are simple mistakes of assumption. Jumping to conclusions if you will. When 1 individual jumps to conclusions that may interfere with another, there is typically a privacy violation. It's not always bad, but many times it creates conflict and results in a mess. If your assumption or suggestion is so interweaved in another that you're drawing conclusions, interrupting them, or otherwise spending their time and money, then you should really re-examine where you stand on privacy.

EDIT: When I say privacy I mean the value of privacy in a sense, not any strange derived privacy that they talk about today...