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Your second point is just plain stupid. For sake of argument, let's say that everyone's abiding by the rules and the government's ultimate goal is to have as m
by kirse 18y ago
Your second point is just plain stupid.
For sake of argument, let's say that everyone's abiding by the rules and the government's ultimate goal is to have as much access to private data as possible. Which method do you think is easier?
"We're doing you a favor!" - own the network by marketing ridiculously cheap subsidized internet with extremely high-speeds.
"We're taking away your freedom" - change the rules by forcing privacy-violating legislation past the house and senate
- wmf 18y agoSending National Security Letters to private ISPs is probably easier than either of those.
- chancho 18y agoThis is a strange mixture of paranoia and naiveté. On the one hand you suppose that the government's goal is to snoop on everyone, but on the other you ignore that they have already been caught doing that with the willing participation of private telcos. (FISA, warrantless wiretapping, etc.) Putting telecommunication service in the hands of municipalities reduces the possibility of diabolical eves-dropping schemes for all the same reasons that it's less efficient than private enterprise: it's decentralized and it's run by incompetent local government.