Reddit reviews George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War
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http://www.amazon.com/George-Washington-Spymaster-Americans-Revolutionary/dp/1426300417
Great read...also google the 'Culper Spy Ring' and Major Benjamin Tallmadge
Edit: spelling and name
You could dox me, surely. You could easily find at least my name, probably more with that (I have a fairly unique first/last name combination).
Likely you couldn't take over any of my accounts. I don't reuse passwords, I have a neat little salt-system that ensures that. I am still a data-engineer, still a web-developer, so I'm not making the same mistakes 95% of everyone does.
I disagree regarding the Founding Fathers; their attitude seems more along the lines of 'if you want to keep a secret, then you better work hard at keeping secrets'.
George Washington was the country's first spymaster, and subterfuge and privacy were high on his list of important things. He was damn good at it too (good book on the subject).
But you can't legislate privacy: You cannot legislate "don't give away secrets". It's just like "you can't legislate away stupidity". People who want privacy can get it. Easily. People who don't care, don't care.
People who want privacy but at the same time post their shit all over the internet... well I'm glad the founding fathers didn't take that type into consideration. They are the same people who want no GMOs, no pesticides, no chemical fertilizers, and oh, make sure no one goes hungry too. These are people who want to have their cake and eat it too, as the saying goes.
On that note; the NSA still can't legally spy directly on citizens without a warrant. Even after all the Snowden docs released, no one pays attention to this little tidbit. They haven't been spying on citizens. They can spy on corporations without a warrant... and if you give your personal data to Facebook, Google, whatever, then NSA spies on Facebook.. well they'll get your data too. That's how it works. That's why this is still a personal decision for people to make. I don't have a Facebook. That's my personal decision made. The day the government tries to mandate people all get a Facebook, then I'll get all up-in-arms with my Constitutional self. But that's never gonna happen.
Why mention self-publication? I'm not following you on that point.