The fact that in the USA it takes a court order to access the list of books someone has borrowed from a library should show how far we've drifted from upholding privacy laws in the digital world. 

People already fought in the highest courts to protect your right to read privately!

chairman_pretense

It would be as absurd as the postal service deciding what you can or can't write in a letter. Or black listing certain people from even being able to send or receive mail.

Exactly. In the analog world, society has decided that privacy and censorship resistance is important - at least to some degree.

But in the digital world, it's still figuring this out.

Ask SN: Is net neutrality good or bad?

BlokchainB

> It would be as absurd as the postal service deciding what you can or can't write in a letter. Or black listing certain people from even being able to send or receive mail.

Exactly. In the analog world, society has decided that privacy and censorship resistance is important - at least to some degree.

But in the digital world, it's still figuring this out.