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This, sadly, is the right answer. There's advantages to not having a written constitution, but this is not one of them. We don't have amendments we can take t
by anexprogrammer 11y ago
This, sadly, is the right answer.
There's advantages to not having a written constitution, but this is not one of them. We don't have amendments we can take the government to court over. We have the EU and the Human Rights Act as our last line of defence, but the popular media is too busy trying to ridicule it as part of the "reluctant European" agenda. In this case our history as very reluctant Europeans does not help.
Outside tech, no one seems to have even the vaguest inkling of what's going on within their mobiles, or meta data is just date and time isn't it? It doesn't matter. Look at this meme.
Within tech
1. Those of similar mind can either withdraw and minimise exposure (ie use minimal apps, VPNs etc), join the open rights group, or... nothing. There's apathy in the extreme. The only other thing I could do, unless I made a solo stand in Parliament Square is contribute to Signal or similar on github.
2. There's the majority view which is along the lines of "I've nothing to hide", but with a total unawareness of concepts like if there's enough data you can criminalise anyone the powers that be take an exception to. If it's not criminal you could easily let something slip to make someone unemployable. Even tech people seem to have little idea or appreciation of historical lessons of only 70 years ago, except GCHQ is a good thing, it's the follow on to Bletchley and that helped win the war.
We've lost, clearly. You'd get as much, if not more, takeup organising a demo against the mythical chemtrails than this.
- benevol 11y agoEverybody knows that history runs in cycles, just like fashion. The people before us have fought (and died) for freedom. We are the ones giving it up. And some day after we're gone, some people will fight for it again. And the whole thing starts over once more.
- anexprogrammer 11y agoYou may be right, but I'm not overly keen for my children's or future generations to have to die just to get back what we lost through apathy. It might not be as easy to get back as getting them first time around. The pervasive surveillance will enable govt to hinder those pesky demonstrators far more effectively.