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I've been following these discussions the past couple of days on HN, and there are a few calm minds who are very knowledgeable of the law, who's comments have b
by euroclydon 13y ago
I've been following these discussions the past couple of days on HN, and there are a few calm minds who are very knowledgeable of the law, who's comments have been enlightening and reassuring ('rayiner and others).
But we now live in a completely online world, where nearly all communication and files are conveyed and hosted by third parties, and soon it will take several minutes for even a geek to mentally count up the number of internet-connected computers in their house.
I am comforted by the idea that Jack Bauer and Chloe have timely access to information to stop the bad guys, and that US secret agencies have little motivation or bandwidth to use this information for anything but national security threats (and hopefully kidnapping and such). Bad actors in these agencies can obviously do a lot of harm to individuals, but those cases will probably be personal and few, widespread malicious use of this data by agency employees would be easier to uncover.
What I find most troubling is the ease with which the government can view my information and how I've steadily made it easier for them over the past five years by getting that iPhone, using Dropbox and Gmail. But, my life has seemed safe, prosperous and peaceful over that time and these services I use have had a profound impact on the efficiency and convenience with which I perform my daily routine.
- _k 13y agoWhy privacy matters https://chronicle.com/article/Why-Privacy-Matters-Even-if/127461/ https://chronicle.com/article/Why-Privacy-Matters-Even-if/12...;
- palmer 13y agoThat link is broken for me, but I found the article and enjoyed it. https://chronicle.com/article/Why-Privacy-Matters-Even-if/127461 https://chronicle.com/article/Why-Privacy-Matters-Even-if/12...
- alan_cx 13y agoBrilliant, you get comfort from a murdering, torturing, loose cannon nut job, who takes no notice of his superiors. Not to mention making mistakes that kill others. Amazing. Its a live cartoon. Might as well have faith in Batman. Yeah, I loved 24, but thank god its a wonderful fantasy and not real. Oh, forgive me, but what was the episode where Jack and co got the bad guys by looking at facebook?
- rpgmaker 13y ago"Those who do not move, do not notice their chains." - Rosa Luxemburg Of course you don't care about privacy, why should you? You're just a peaceful flock member. never acting against the power of the status quo. But look around and see what happens to the people that actually do confront power and you'll see why privacy is important.
- euroclydon 13y agoCan you give me an example?
- rpgmaker 13y agohttp://www.aclu.org/blog/technology-and-liberty-free-speech/feds-settle-lawsuit-bradley-manning-supporter-over-border http://www.aclu.org/blog/technology-and-liberty-free-speech/... http://www.salon.com/2012/04/08/u_s_filmmaker_repeatedly_detained_at_border/ http://www.salon.com/2012/04/08/u_s_filmmaker_repeatedly_det...; Entire wikileaks saga. Anonymous. Really, you just have to pay attention.
- euroclydon 13y agoThe first link was about a lawyer, who represented the soldier who stole massive amounts of classified material while stationed in a war zone, being detained and searched at the border. The second was about a film maker returning to the country after traveling to a war zone and being detained and searched. In both cases their laptops/cameras/etc were searched and confiscated for a time. Neither person seems to have been detained overnight. This is just the government being thorough. This is not disturbing to me.