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That are left? Bernie has probably the strongest record, being both for net neutrality and against mass surveillance and the patriot act. I'd recommend taking

by duaneb 11y ago

That are left? Bernie has probably the strongest record, being both for net neutrality and against mass surveillance and the patriot act. I'd recommend taking a look through his policies as they are so well thought out in the cases he addresses. He doesn't address everything. On the other side of the fence, Rand Paul was the last sane voice (in terms of privacy), explicitly coming out in favor of net neutrality and strong, backdoor-less encryption. This is in stark contrast to Clinton—well, just google "clinton privacy" and see the massive number of problems she's had to deal with that demonstrate her technological eagerness seems to outweigh her understanding. She's certainly been an eager advocate of EXACTLY the type of action we're seeing here, arguing that we need backdoors for law enforcement. Marco Rubio has explicitly advocated protecting the existing mass surveillance techniques. I would be highly surprised if Trump or Cruz were for privacy—the former advocated for special ids, the latter doesn't seem to have a great grasp on technology, much less how to avoid using it to bludgeon people[1]. 1: https://twitter.com/sentedcruz/status/531834493922189313 https://twitter.com/sentedcruz/status/531834493922189313

logfromblammo 11y ago
H. Clinton has a very good record on defending her own privacy. Thus, I find it hard to believe that her record in terms of the privacy of the public stems from ignorance or misunderstanding. She ran her own secured, private e-mail server while serving as a major public official, after all, whether the technical details were delegated to underlings or not. I very much doubt that any establishment-backed candidates in either of the establishment parties would be willing to make any public statements directly applicable to privacy. They are far more likely to come in soft from the other side, and chat up "tools to combat terrorism and other forms of extremism," while eliding over the implication that organized domestic protest groups like Black Lives Matter, Occupy Wherever, or "Y'All-Qaeda" militiamen would also be targeted, in addition to overseas groups. I'd rather not elaborate further on anyone specific, as I don't want to shove my political biases down any throats on HN.

by duaneb 11y ago

logfromblammo 11y ago

H. Clinton has a very good record on defending her own privacy. Thus, I find it hard to believe that her record in terms of the privacy of the public stems from ignorance or misunderstanding. She ran her own secured, private e-mail server while serving as a major public official, after all, whether the technical details were delegated to underlings or not. I very much doubt that any establishment-backed candidates in either of the establishment parties would be willing to make any public statements directly applicable to privacy. They are far more likely to come in soft from the other side, and chat up "tools to combat terrorism and other forms of extremism," while eliding over the implication that organized domestic protest groups like Black Lives Matter, Occupy Wherever, or "Y'All-Qaeda" militiamen would also be targeted, in addition to overseas groups. I'd rather not elaborate further on anyone specific, as I don't want to shove my political biases down any throats on HN.