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Imagine a world where there was some sort of legal apparatus to prevent abuse of these surveillance devices. And then even go further, let's imagine that there'
by wpdev_63 8y ago
Imagine a world where there was some sort of legal apparatus to prevent abuse of these surveillance devices. And then even go further, let's imagine that there's some sort of legal protection for whistle blowers who witness such abuses of power... I can only imagine.
- TomMarius 8y agoHow would you enforce and maintain these?
- whatshisface 8y agoWe could write what we thought should happen down, and then assign an elected official along with twelve randomly selected citizens to the task of deciding if any breach had happened.
- TomMarius 8y agoDo you think secret services don't have enough power (as in monetary, brute force, manpower, etc) to influence that (I'm assuming that secret services would be the interested party there)?
- whatshisface 8y agoBillionaires, senators and the president all have a lot of power, and they're still subject to the court system. If there was an insutution that became more powerful than the law then I guess it would be a good idea to... Not have it.
- TomMarius 8y agoSecret services are specifically made to be exempt from the law (or its parts) that applies to billionaires, though.
- craftyguy 8y ago> and they're still subject to the court system That's assuming someone is willing/able to prosecute them. That is not always the case. Here's a recent example of that: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/08/ajit-pai-must-answer-for-fccs-lies-to-congress-about-ddos-senators-say/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/08/ajit-pai-must-an...