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I believe this was the kind of thing that Wikileaks has been shooting for all along--make the keeping of dirty secrets so cumbersome that it becomes infeasible
by mullingitover 13y ago
I believe this was the kind of thing that Wikileaks has been shooting for all along--make the keeping of dirty secrets so cumbersome that it becomes infeasible to keep them. This chicken has already flown the coop: the next leak will likely come from elsewhere, and again the government will be forced to scramble and plug hole that already leaked.
- a3n 13y agoPretty soon NSA employees won't be allowed to bring small pocket knives and shampoo into the office.
- sireat 13y agoFor some reason I am reminded of Feds in Snow Crash. Unfortunately, in real life, we can not opt out of states so easily.
- a3n 13y agoCoincidentally, I'm re-reading Snow Crash, read it first in the nineties. When I first read it I felt a little like a snickering boy looking up dirty words in the dictionary, reading about failed institutions and government military and intelligence services as spun off corporations. Now if you skim off the entertaining over-the-topness from the book, you have today. Booz Hamilton anyone? That program's never going away, there's too many jobs, billions, and lobbying money at stake.
- vidarh 13y agoFull body cavity scans on every entry and exit... A micro-sd card, USB plug, and necessary bits to connect them are easily small enough to be swallowed, hidden under your tongue, stuck up your anus or hidden in any number of ways.. Clearly they need to be regularly strip-searched and x-rayed.