We are living in a panopticon that never existed before.
Remote privacy means that you don't have to move from home.
> or sent a letter
Which anybody could just intercept and read.
> Famous authors published for a whole lifetime under pseudonyms.
But someone had to know who they were and where they lived, and they could be convinced to share such information.
That's a feature to them, not a bug. They want the software and don't want the community.
We are living in a panopticon that never existed before.