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Mass surveillance destroys democracies - it's just a matter of time. It is not part of the mission of the Olympic Games to destroy democracies.
by frank_boyd 13y ago
Mass surveillance destroys democracies - it's just a matter of time.
It is not part of the mission of the Olympic Games to destroy democracies.
- camus 13y agoNazi germany got the Olympic Games , definetly not their concern.
- archangel_one 13y agoActually, not really. Germany was awarded the '36 Games in 1931 which is before the Nazis came to power. And even in '36 it wouldn't have been so obvious exactly how bad the Nazis were going to turn out to be. Much easier to say in hindsight.
- rimantas 13y agoSo, having in mind NSA spying programme what should we also boycott?
- frank_boyd 13y agohttp://prism-break.org/ http://prism-break.org/
- vmiroshnikov 13y agoOSS as a remedy? Won't help. https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/kroll/software-transparency-debian-openssl-bug/ https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/kroll/software-transparen...
- frank_boyd 13y agoNot as a remedy, but as a critical and most of all mandatory piece of the puzzle.
- pekk 13y agoI don't like this monitoring at this event, but it seems irrational to suggest that it will destroy one or more democracies.
- frank_boyd 13y agoDemocracy fundamentally relies on freedom of expression: being able to discuss problems, to organize protests, to resolve issues (like corrupt politicians). If you conduct mass surveillance (as does the NSA, the brits and apparently many others too), then people will refrain from expressing themselves freely, out of fear of blowback. Problems will not be discussed anymore, solutions will not be proposed and corruption will flourish. That's the end of democracy. Usually, schools teach these basics.