But Ad Hoc Labs co-founder and CEO Greg Cohn says that Burner use is subject to the same laws as any telephony service operating in the U.S., and emphasizes that the app is designed more around helping users protect their privacy in situations where being selective about how much info you give out is prudent.
During the press conference, someone asked the Facebook team what would happen if someone turned their apartment into a "place" on Facebook, how could they protect their privacy in that situation?
"Frankly, to complain about privacy in this situation is to suggest that we've got all the time in the world," Baker says.
This would mean more privacy and also place the situation back into the adult world, where it belongs – not in childhood, where it doesn't.
As Groklaw founder Pamela James notes, Janna Malamud Smith's book Private Matters: In Defense of the Personal Life details the absolute value of privacy even in situations fraught with absolute terror.
Ideally, we're not shocked by any confession, and we're sworn to honor a client's privacy, except in situations of potential suicide or homicide.
However, one study in Rwanda found that HIV-related stigma, inadvertent disclosure, poor support, lack of privacy in living situations and desire to be 'normal' influenced adherence to ARVs [ 18].
For its part, St. Joe's has refused to discuss the situation, citing "privacy laws".
I chose Facebook as an example (and so did Boyd) because of its history of customers screaming privacy foul, but any situation where someone else hosts data that is not supposed to be public, from the credit card you used at T.J. Maxx to your Gmail account to the topless photo you text to a lover.
