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Are they governed by law? I'm starting to feel that no one follows the law, or spirit of it at least, unless they have to or can write the laws themselves. Cor

Are they governed by law? I'm starting to feel that no one follows the law, or spirit of it at least, unless they have to or can write the laws themselves. Corporations write their own laws through lobbyists and circumvent it when they can. Top secret agents don't really have anyone they are accountable to since they're so top secrete there isn't any public oversight. For some reason the secret courts convened to check them (FISA) are just rubber stamp mills too because hey, those don't really have any oversight either. It really doesn't seem like this stuff will get any better without a ton more oversight. It'll be interesting to see if the Japanese people are more appalled by this and more willing to stand up.

fossuser 8y ago
It's worth reading Beyond Snowden which is written by Timothy Edgar, a former ACLU lawyer who got hired into the Obama administration as a PCL advisor and eventually worked at the NSA. He gives a lot of insight into how things actually work with a deep understanding of the issues and the difficulty around these policy tradeoffs. The organizations do take oversight seriously, but there's still a risk of 'turn key tyranny' and there are improvements that can be made. It's possible to have security and civil liberties, but you need effective policy and it can't happen in secret.
pheon 8y ago
According to the recent update of the Japanese Telecommunications act, its illegal to record the packet payloads without a court order. However recording the headers, e.g. TCP headers if fair game. So its perfectly legal for ISPs and agencies to record the metadata. Then again Japan dosent have freedom of the press and many other things you might expect.
mrhappyunhappy 8y ago
Seeing as how the Japanese are so complacent, I doubt anything will change. From the moment you set foot in a public education system here you are taught to fit in, be quiet and don’t question the elders aka authority.

fossuser 8y ago

It's worth reading Beyond Snowden which is written by Timothy Edgar, a former ACLU lawyer who got hired into the Obama administration as a PCL advisor and eventually worked at the NSA. He gives a lot of insight into how things actually work with a deep understanding of the issues and the difficulty around these policy tradeoffs. The organizations do take oversight seriously, but there's still a risk of 'turn key tyranny' and there are improvements that can be made. It's possible to have security and civil liberties, but you need effective policy and it can't happen in secret.

pheon 8y ago

According to the recent update of the Japanese Telecommunications act, its illegal to record the packet payloads without a court order. However recording the headers, e.g. TCP headers if fair game. So its perfectly legal for ISPs and agencies to record the metadata. Then again Japan dosent have freedom of the press and many other things you might expect.

mrhappyunhappy 8y ago

Seeing as how the Japanese are so complacent, I doubt anything will change. From the moment you set foot in a public education system here you are taught to fit in, be quiet and don’t question the elders aka authority.