-- Various combinations of the above.

I have developed my own views on these points, and you can find them, along with a lot of links to related news, at www.monashreport.com/category/public-policy-and-privacy/.

You are also heartily invited to comment and debate there. But even more important, I encourage you to develop your own views on these issues and then share them widely. These matters are too important to be left to the technologically clueless.

Curt A. Monash is a consultant in Acton, Mass. You can reach him at curtmonash@monash.com.