Chapter 1. An Overview of Privacy

To be invisible will be my claim to fame…

A man with no name

—CURTIS MAYFIELD

Mary walked along the Champ de Mars on the evening of July 14th hoping to get a closer look at the festivities. However, as she squeezed through the crowds, Mary could feel her demophobia about to get the best of her. The multitude of eyes watching her as she crossed the grounds began to pierce her skin. The rockets whizzing past her head exacerbated the situation for her and at times left her frozen with fear. If only she could be invisible and enjoy the evening in peace, she would have felt much more comfortable. Eventually, she returned home to watch the remainder of the event from a site on the Internet, not realizing that there ...

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