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Somethings like spying on American phone calls (or just their "metadata") I agree with. But somethings like breaking encryption, exploiting iPhones, etc. while
by penagwin 8y ago
Somethings like spying on American phone calls (or just their "metadata") I agree with.
But somethings like breaking encryption, exploiting iPhones, etc. while they may be used against Americans can also be used against others.
Essentially there's an arms race, and we use our tax money to sponsor our government in this race, with the hopes that they'll side with us. There really isn't another option unless you want to give a private entity this power, or not participate in the race (which I don't advise).
- JustSomeNobody 8y ago> Somethings like spying on American phone calls (or just their "metadata") I agree with. > But somethings like breaking encryption, exploiting iPhones, etc. while they may be used against Americans can also be used against others. Both of these can have a chilling effect on free speech, therefore I'm against the CIA doing this to citizens. The potential threat against citizens nowhere near outweighs the need to uphold our constitution.
- mywittyname 8y agoI think we all agree that they shouldn't do this to American citizens. The problem is we can't isolate their capabilities to just foreign persons.
- saagarjha 8y agoWe could make doing this illegal and enforce it…
- village-idiot 8y agoUnfortunately, other nation states might not care about US laws. Which returns to the above statement that it’s better for the CIA and Apple to be in a security arms war than it is for Apple and the FSB, at least from the perspective of an American.
- TremendousJudge 8y agoAs a "foreign person", I'd rather like for no organization to come and record everything I do just because I wasn't born in a specific place. Ironically though, the average American citizen is probably under more CIA surveillance than the average foreign person such as myself.
- JustSomeNobody 8y agoI'd rather we didn't either. If we trust you enough to let you visit, work, whatever, then we should treat you respectfully.
- blattimwind 8y ago> Somethings like spying on American phone calls (or just their "metadata") I agree with. Why keep pretending the CIA is a foreign intelligence service?
- richardwhiuk 8y agoFor some of us, it is.