Panoptic privacy

By "panoptic privacy" I mean the sort of privacy that prisoners have.

Privacy (in some sense) from each other.

No privacy from the guards.

Foucault's description of Bentham's Panopticon: Isolate prisoners from each other while keeping them visible to the guard tower, not sure if they're under surveillance.

Creates a sense of paranoia and distrust of fellow inmates.

Breaks down the possiblity of a sense of community from forming.

Insiduous because it can be alleged to be "for the protection of privacy".

I call this kind of privacy "panoptic privacy".

Example: Key escrow keeps your matters private from neighbours, but not from the guards of a police state.