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My turn

Posted By: Matt Reklaitis
Date: Wednesday, 8 August 2007, at 9:03 p.m.

In Response To: My turn (Chuck Bower)

Claim: Forfeiting privacy if you're not doing anything illegal is a weakly-dominant strategy.

I think certain assumptions relating to the cost of forfeiting privacy are required for the claim to actually be true, but presenting it as a game-theoretic decision made me realize that its a rational strategy for those adopting certain assumptions.

This really happened: On my way to a bg tournament in Chicago, I was pulled over while driving a rental car displaying Texas plates. I was going only 8 miles over the speed limit, and traffic was whizzing by me in 2 lanes left of me. "I pulled you over for speeding - where are you headed?" "I'm visiting town for a backgammon tournament" "Why don't have any bags?" "They're in the trunk" "Can I see them?"

There's nothing illegal in my bags... What should I do?

Messages In This Thread

• Even more big brother? (very OT)
  Achim -- Monday, 6 August 2007, at 11:07 a.m.
  • Even more big brother? (very OT)
    Bill Riles -- Monday, 6 August 2007, at 12:39 p.m.
    • Trading freedom for security
      Achim -- Monday, 6 August 2007, at 1:20 p.m.
      • Trading freedom for security
        Bill Riles -- Monday, 6 August 2007, at 1:25 p.m.
        • Trading freedom for security
          Achim -- Monday, 6 August 2007, at 1:31 p.m.
        • Trading freedom for security (very OT)
          MaX -- Monday, 6 August 2007, at 4:03 p.m.
          • Trading freedom for security (very OT)
            Achim -- Monday, 6 August 2007, at 5:57 p.m.
            • Trading freedom for security (very OT)
              Steve Mellen -- Monday, 6 August 2007, at 9:49 p.m.
              • Trading freedom for security (very OT)
                Achim -- Monday, 6 August 2007, at 11:29 p.m.
                • Trading freedom for security (very OT)
                  Steve Mellen -- Tuesday, 7 August 2007, at 6:26 p.m.
    • Even more big brother? (very OT)
      Stick -- Monday, 6 August 2007, at 7:08 p.m.
    • Even more big brother? (very OT)
      Frank Berger -- Monday, 6 August 2007, at 8:22 p.m.
    • Even more big brother? (very OT)
      John O'Hagan -- Tuesday, 7 August 2007, at 1:27 a.m.
      • Orwell that Ends Well?
        Stick -- Tuesday, 7 August 2007, at 3:13 a.m.
        • Orwell that Ends Well?
          John O'Hagan -- Tuesday, 7 August 2007, at 4:39 a.m.
          • Orwell that Ends Well?
            MaX -- Tuesday, 7 August 2007, at 6:56 a.m.
            • Orwell that Ends Well?
              Achim -- Tuesday, 7 August 2007, at 8:32 a.m.
          • Orwell that Ends Well?
            Stick -- Wednesday, 8 August 2007, at 4:30 a.m.
  • big brother is alive an well in europe
    garyo -- Tuesday, 7 August 2007, at 5:44 p.m.
    • big brother is alive an well in europe
      Achim -- Wednesday, 8 August 2007, at 11:56 a.m.
      • big brother is alive an well in europe
        Daniel Murphy -- Saturday, 25 August 2007, at 9:53 p.m.
        • big brother is alive an well in europe
          Chuck Bower -- Saturday, 25 August 2007, at 10:20 p.m.
          • big brother is alive an well in europe
            Daniel Murphy -- Monday, 27 August 2007, at 8:41 p.m.
  • My turn
    Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 8 August 2007, at 5:00 p.m.
    • My turn
      Matt Cohn-Geier -- Wednesday, 8 August 2007, at 5:48 p.m.
      • My turn
        Matt Reklaitis -- Wednesday, 8 August 2007, at 6:36 p.m.
      • My turn
        Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 8 August 2007, at 7:37 p.m.
        • My turn
          Matt Cohn-Geier -- Wednesday, 8 August 2007, at 8:50 p.m.
          • My turn
            Matt Cohn-Geier -- Wednesday, 8 August 2007, at 9:23 p.m.
          • My turn
            Achim -- Wednesday, 8 August 2007, at 9:30 p.m.
          • My turn
            Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 9 August 2007, at 3:48 p.m.
        • My turn
          Matt Reklaitis -- Wednesday, 8 August 2007, at 9:03 p.m.
          • My turn
            Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 9 August 2007, at 2:37 p.m.
      • My turn
        mamabear -- Thursday, 9 August 2007, at 12:31 a.m.
        • My turn
          Havard Raddum -- Thursday, 9 August 2007, at 3:10 a.m.
  • Even more big brother? (very OT)
    MaX -- Thursday, 9 August 2007, at 1:26 p.m.