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So it seems that no matter what point of history your talking about, those who have the ability to spy, will spy. What is the most viable option for citizens t

by LAMike 13y ago

So it seems that no matter what point of history your talking about, those who have the ability to spy, will spy. What is the most viable option for citizens to change this? Will everyone have to be on encrypted VPN's? Will there be a riot on Pennsylvania Ave. that sparks a revolution? Will each community put up their own wifi weather ballons and set up massive intranets in their neighborhoods? Or will everyone accept the fact that we're the new slaves - except our cages are a little bigger and less transparent than before?

dllthomas 13y ago
"Will everyone have to be on encrypted VPN's?" A VPN only protects data in transit. While everyone should practice good network security, it's not a complete solution. We need a government that will reliably respect our rights, including the right to privacy. Revolutions don't have a very good track record at producing such. I have more hope for the political process, but haven't entirely figured out what that should look like either.
saraid216 13y ago
Those don't sound entirely unviable, but neither do they sound like they'd stop spying at all. Personally, I feel that the best option is to break national borders so that it's a lot more nebulous who is spying on who: decentralization of power by globalization. Not that that's particularly viable.