August 26, 2009 10:19AM 

# Privacy Zealot-Elitists v. Real Consumer Advocates 

By [Jim Harper](https://www.cato.org/people/jim-harper) 

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[Berin Szoka](http://www.pff.org/about/staff.html#bszoka) and (Cato alum) [Adam Thierer](http://www.pff.org/about/staff.html#adamt) of the Progress &amp; Freedom Foundation have been doing [yeoman’s work to undermine the claim that advocates for regulation represent the interests of consumers](http://techliberation.com/2009/08/25/online-advertising-privacy-zealot-elitists-v-real-consumer-advocates/).

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[Technology and Privacy](https://www.cato.org/technology-privacy) 

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