“Privacy is dead!” I’ve heard this proclamation countless times. But privacy has been dying for decades . . . and it keeps on dying.
Below is my collection of eulogies for privacy, which shows that we should be skeptical of claims that privacy is dead. If we believe this, then we might give up the fight for privacy, which will let those who want to kill privacy get away with murder.
In my book, ON PRIVACY AND TECHNOLOGY (2025), I wrote:
Finally, here’s a cartoon I created about the death of privacy.
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Professor Daniel J. Solove is a law professor at George Washington University Law School. Through his company, TeachPrivacy, he has created the largest library of computer-based privacy and data security training, with more than 180 courses.
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