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People who do not understand technology seem to treat technology as a magic bullet that can be adapted to implement policy. It doesn't work that way. You need
by rlpb 13y ago
People who do not understand technology seem to treat technology as a magic bullet that can be adapted to implement policy. It doesn't work that way.
You need to understand technology in order to understand the implications of what applying particular policy may lead to, and thus whether the policy itself is sane. In the real world, there are major implications when technology fails to implement policy because it fundamentally cannot do so.
For example: in the UK, David Cameron's attitude towards Internet censorship seems to be "It doesn't work. You're smart; make it work." and completely ignores the fact that it is technically impossible to do what he would like. Yet he continues to demand it anyway.
- mhurron 13y ago> People who do not understand technology seem to treat technology as a magic bullet that can be adapted to implement policy Pretending you need experts in 'technology' to do anything that ever comes in the same room as a computer enforces this view, it doesn't change it. Policy should be written in such a way that it is abstracted from the implementation detail. To the point, it shouldn't matter if I am talking on the phone, writing a letter or IM'ing someone over the internet, the NSA should have to hit the same requirements to look at it. > completely ignores the fact that it is technically impossible to do what he would like. Yet he continues to demand it anyway "Idiots doing idiot things because they're idiots." He has been told, many times, by 'technologists' that what he want's can't really be done. It doesn't seem to matter now, does it.