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Given surveillance is the democratically-expressed will of the people, possibly quite a lot.
by grabcocque 10y ago
Given surveillance is the democratically-expressed will of the people, possibly quite a lot.
- macawfish 10y agois it really?
- BoringCode 10y agoIn one sense, yes. After every terrorist attack there is always public outcry for intelligence services "to do more." But, unfortunately the general public rarely thinks about the consequences and trade offs of increased surveillance powers.
- mamon 10y agoPossibly. Many people fall for the same old "I did nothing wrong, I have nothing to hide" crap. Also, the fear of terrorism is pretty effective way of keeping masses in check and tricking them into giving up their freedom. That's exactly why United States started all those wars in Middle East in the last two decades: without Iraq and Afghanistan, and now Syria there would be no terrorism, and no excuse to pass the "Patriotic Act" and other surveillance laws. Of course, other factors also mattered, but this seems to be most important of all.
- pmarreck 10y agoMy usual rebuttal to "I have nothing to hide": http://martinfowler.com/articles/bothersome-privacy.html http://martinfowler.com/articles/bothersome-privacy.html
- johnny99 10y agoThanks for that--great piece.
- BoringCode 10y agoI'm sorry, but saying without the wars there would be no terroism is just bullshit. Even saying that they were the primary cause is misinformed.
- lambertsimnel 10y agoI was under the impression that terrorist attacks dramatically increased after the 2003 invasion of Iraq. I realise that correlation isn't causation, but I suspect the invasion backfired.
- lawn 10y agoIt's more like an apathy of the people. The question in my mind is how much will it take until the people will start caring enough? This is quite possibly a lot sadly...
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