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>Should I throw a bit more money at the EFF? Emphatically, yes. They're the ones challenging the NSA in court. Does it solve every problem? Of course not.
by omginternets 9y ago
>Should I throw a bit more money at the EFF?
Emphatically, yes. They're the ones challenging the NSA in court.
Does it solve every problem? Of course not. Is it part of the solution? As long as the judicial branch continues to function correctly overall, yes. Hell yes.
- wu-ikkyu 9y agoClandestine agencies are not subject to the same judicial process as the rest of us. Thats why they have "secret courts" and the magic words which trump the law: "national security".
- omginternets 9y agoYes, and this modus operandi can be attacked through the court system.
- wu-ikkyu 9y agoEven if the courts ruled it as illegal, how can the ruling be enforced on clandestine operations? Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
- omginternets 9y agoThe solution to one problem should not be discounted on the grounds that it doesn't solve every problem. >Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? You say this as though there were a known solution to the problem. You may as well say "what about the heat death of the universe?" Quid de morte ad universum calorem, if you prefer ;)
- wu-ikkyu 9y ago>>Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? >You say this as though there were a known solution to the problem. The opposite, actually.
- omginternets 9y agoSo then did you have an actual point, or were you just bringing up one of the biggest unsolved problems of all times? I'll say it again: you could have argued "what about the heat death of the universe" and it would have been just as substantive a contribution...
- wu-ikkyu 9y ago>bringing up one of the biggest unsolved problems of all times? Yeah. Suing the NSA is not going to solve this problem, which was my original point.