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I wonder if the level of violence in Mexico changes how people see these internet tracking and retention bills? If any government official could pull your blog

I wonder if the level of violence in Mexico changes how people see these internet tracking and retention bills? If any government official could pull your blogging and twitter history, seems like it could have more consequences than in America. But it still seems like only a small portion of the population cares... guess all around the world everyone has life issues that limit their expression of political will.

brownbat 12y ago
I could see it both ways. If you believe the federal government is violently corrupt, you wouldn't want them to have any information on anything you said to disparage them. If you see locals as corrupt and the federales as simply lacking ways to investigate and prosecute drug kingpins, then you might want much longer periods of data retention. Of course, if you're plagued by violence, you might not really care about telecommunications regulation, you might have more important things to worry about, like whether or not the Knights Templar are going to accidentally kill your local preacher's kidnapped daughter before the community can rally to collect the ransom: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:YKL8jFBHRCsJ:online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303277704579349283584121344+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:YKL8jFB... [cache because the original story seems to be broken on WSJ]
armandososa 12y ago
To be honest, I am a lot more scared about the PRI party and its determination to do whatever it takes to stay in power than of the narco. Criminals beheading each other is bad, sure, but state-sanctioned rape and mass-murder of protestors is the stuff of nightmares. If this law comes to pass, we'll be pretty much without a voice.
WildUtah 12y ago
Mexicans do not expect their government to use this kind of authority to actually pursue and stop violent criminals. The level of cynicism and suspicion toward government is astonishing to me, even as an American. IT makes me a little proud. But the Mexican government usually seems somewhat more responsive to public opinion on internet, security, and privacy policy issues than the US government is. So there's some chance these provisions will be changed if enough people care.

brownbat 12y ago

I could see it both ways. If you believe the federal government is violently corrupt, you wouldn't want them to have any information on anything you said to disparage them. If you see locals as corrupt and the federales as simply lacking ways to investigate and prosecute drug kingpins, then you might want much longer periods of data retention. Of course, if you're plagued by violence, you might not really care about telecommunications regulation, you might have more important things to worry about, like whether or not the Knights Templar are going to accidentally kill your local preacher's kidnapped daughter before the community can rally to collect the ransom: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:YKL8jFBHRCsJ:online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303277704579349283584121344+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:YKL8jFB... [cache because the original story seems to be broken on WSJ]

armandososa 12y ago

To be honest, I am a lot more scared about the PRI party and its determination to do whatever it takes to stay in power than of the narco. Criminals beheading each other is bad, sure, but state-sanctioned rape and mass-murder of protestors is the stuff of nightmares. If this law comes to pass, we'll be pretty much without a voice.

WildUtah 12y ago

Mexicans do not expect their government to use this kind of authority to actually pursue and stop violent criminals. The level of cynicism and suspicion toward government is astonishing to me, even as an American. IT makes me a little proud. But the Mexican government usually seems somewhat more responsive to public opinion on internet, security, and privacy policy issues than the US government is. So there's some chance these provisions will be changed if enough people care.