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The government believes it can create a surveillance state and at the same time retain control over the data created by its civil rights violations. Also, if th
by Threeve303 5y ago
The government believes it can create a surveillance state and at the same time retain control over the data created by its civil rights violations. Also, if the company wouldn't exist without government funding either directly or indirectly then the third party doctrine should not apply.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 5y agoTbh, this may end up our only saving grace when it comes to setting up a panopticon: incompetence and basic human nature.
- clarkmoody 5y agoNeed a few more major leaks of private information of politicians and regulators. And of course we have the nightmare scenario in Afghanistan with a US database falling into the hands of the Taliban. Hoping that only "the right people" have access is the worst form of assurance against abuse.
- abecedarius 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Personnel_Management_data_breach https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Personnel_Management... Hard to overstate this one. So more leaks is not, by itself, enough to make changes happen.