# Why Theoretical Computer Scientists Aren't Worried About Privacy

DevFeed: [Why Theoretical Computer Scientists Aren't Worried About Privacy](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/why-theoretical-computer-scientists-aren-t-worried-about-privacy-40322.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.jeremykun.com/2013/06/10/why-theoretical-computer-scientists-arent-worried-about-privacy/>)

Published: 2013-06-10T09:51:27Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Jeremy Kun](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/jeremy-kun.md>)

Topics: [online privacy](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/online-privacy.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [national security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/national-security.md>), [Computer science](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/computer-science.md>), [Google](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google.md>), [backdoor](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backdoor.md>), [Statistics](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/statistics.md>), [Databases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/databases.md>), [Users](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/users.md>)

Tags: [backdoor](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backdoor.md>), [computer-science](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/computer-science.md>), [cryptography](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cryptography.md>), [databases](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/databases.md>), [differential-privacy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/differential-privacy.md>), [google](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google.md>), [homomorphic-encryption](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/homomorphic-encryption.md>), [national-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/national-security.md>), [politics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/politics.md>), [privacy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/privacy.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [statistics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/statistics.md>), [users](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/users.md>)

## AI overview

This opinion article discusses public concern about government surveillance and privacy, arguing that privacy, convenience, and security can be maintained together technologically. It also distinguishes the author's personal privacy preferences from opposition to privacy violations as policy.

## Source excerpt

There has been a lot of news recently on government surveillance of its citizens. The biggest two that have pervaded my news feeds are the protests in Turkey, which in particular have resulted in particular oppression of social media users, and the recent light on the US National Security Agency's widespread "backdoor" in industry databases at Google, Verizon, Facebook, and others. It appears that the facts are in flux, as some companies have denied their involvement in this program, but regardless of the truth the eye of the public has landed firmly on questions of privacy.