Has Privacy Become a Luxury Good? - NYTimes.com

From a summary of key privacy themes by the author of “Dragnet Nation: A Quest for Privacy, Security, and Freedom in a World of Relentless Surveillance”

"It all reminds me of the early days of the organic food movement, when buying organic often meant trekking to inconveniently located, odd-smelling stores and paying high rates for misshapen apples. Only the devoted few were willing to suffer the hassles.
Over time, however, the number of people worried about chemicals in their food grew large enough to support a robust market. The stores eventually became better looking, the apples were less misshapen, and organic food entered the mainstream of American life."

Has Privacy Become a Luxury Good? - NYTimes.com