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Of course law enforcement is necessary. But you've jumped and equated resisting unfettered wiretaps to a world with no law enforcement. That's the same kind of
by jeromec 16y ago
Of course law enforcement is necessary. But you've jumped and equated resisting unfettered wiretaps to a world with no law enforcement. That's the same kind of broad stroke generalization that gets our rights trampled, like they were in the illegal wiretapping of Internet traffic at Folsom St., San Francisco:
Mark Klein, a retired AT&T communications technician, submitted an affidavit in support of the EFF's lawsuit this week. That class action lawsuit, filed in federal court in San Francisco last January, alleges that AT&T violated federal and state laws by surreptitiously allowing the government to monitor phone and internet communications of AT&T customers without warrants.
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2006/04/70619 http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2006/04/70619
- ars 16y agoSay what? I did no such thing. I am talking only about the ability of the FBI to conduct court ordered wiretaps. Right now companies can create internet based products without even thinking about the idea of wiretaps. Making a policy that companies should create procedures for dealing with ordered wiretaps from the beginning sounds like a good idea to me. (The encryption part doesn't though.) Did you even read the article?
- jeromec 16y agoYour replied to "They are seeking the ability to tap anything they want, any time they want" which is unfettered wiretapping with "You really think a world with no law enforcement is a better one?" I am talking only about the ability of the FBI to conduct court ordered wiretaps. Yes, you are only talking about court ordered wiretaps, but I'm wary about actual implementation of wiretaps, and for good reason, as I posted about factual historic illegal wiretapping as recently as 2002. Yes, I certainly did read the article. I take an interest in matters of politics, government vigilance, and rights infringements I wish more Americans would. Don't get me wrong. I'm all for legal law enforcement, and aiding those tasked with doing their job while not trampling civil rights and liberties. I happen to think there are wise and unwise ways to go about it. For example, suspending habeas corpus, the right to due process, as George Bush did by citing national security, and which was reversed by the Supreme Court as unconstitutional, I think is unwise. I also don't think terrorists will stop and think, oh well, they've got their country wiretapped, so there is no way to carry out attacks now...