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“The government is clear that, at a time of heightened security threat, it is essential our law enforcement and security and intelligence services have the powe
by qb45 9y ago
“The government is clear that, at a time of heightened security threat, it is essential our law enforcement and security and intelligence services have the power they need to keep people safe. The internet presents new opportunities for terrorists and we must ensure we have the capabilities to confront this challenge.“
Either way, terrorism does contribute to bulk surveillance. And heck, it might even actually be helpful. You don't know because it's secret.
- Fnoord 9y ago"“The government is clear that, at a time of heightened security threat, it is essential our law enforcement and security and intelligence services have the power they need to keep people safe. The internet presents new opportunities for terrorists and we must ensure we have the capabilities to confront this challenge.“" Your quote does not directly support mass surveillance. It might just as well be an argument for targeted surveillance. I got nothing against targeted surveillance (I'm a proponent for that).
- qb45 9y ago> Your quote does not directly support mass surveillance. It doesn't need to. I wanted to point out that mass surveillance is one of the costs of terrorism, regardless of its effectiveness in fighting it. And that we know little about its effectiveness because presumably there is lots of top secret stuff going on. Surely they don't want ISIS to know which channels are compromised and how, which means you can't know too.