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J. Edgar Hoover's surveillance mania was pretty low-tech by today's standards. As was the Stasi. These were clearly political problems first and foremost. Mayb
by wes-exp 13y ago
J. Edgar Hoover's surveillance mania was pretty low-tech by today's standards. As was the Stasi. These were clearly political problems first and foremost.
Maybe technology can help, but, it shouldn't be overvalued.
- betterunix 13y agoTechnology supports the law. That swings in one direction with CALEA: telecom equipment is now designed to support on-demand eavesdropping. There is no reason that things could not swing in the other direction, so that technology is used to ensure that the government is not abusing its power. If the Internet had been designed to protect personal privacy, things like PRISM would have been much more difficult to implement. Laws can be changed easily when there are no real-world issues standing in the way.