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> The only chance for a resolution is to vote a minority party in with a decent privacy manifesto and hope the hell they stick to it. I think we're beyond that
by switch007 12y ago
> The only chance for a resolution is to vote a minority party in with a decent privacy manifesto and hope the hell they stick to it.
I think we're beyond that. The whole system is broken i.e. government, parliament, "democracy", elections, parties etc.
Really, parties, elections, government and such are just a distraction from the fact that corporations control the world.
- pling 12y agoI agree entirely. I'd be a noisy activist but I'd rather subvert the system silently and educate my children to be ethical, upstanding and to quietly have zero respect for implied authority. Better a grey man[1] than a dead man walking. [1] from the survivalist wingnuts, but a valid philosophy: "Grey man - an individual who possesses the skills, ability and intent to blend into any situation or surrounding without standing out, concealing his or her true skills, ability, and intent from others."
- pjc50 12y agoPut down the "corporations" outrage and realise that this is a case in which the "corporations" are on the losing side: ISPs obliged to retain data at their own expense in order to satisfy law enforcement. Elections still work provided that you can get people to agree with you. It's an uphill struggle on complex issues but it's far better than a violent alternative.
- switch007 12y agoNo, I shall not put it down, but I'm well aware corporations are negatively affected by this. My comment had nothing to do with this new act.
- pling 12y agoYou're looking at the wrong corporations. ISPs are fairly small game in the corporate hierarchy. They've become low ranking gatekeepers unexpectedly which is why they're targeted. What you need to look at is high finance, defence and global infrastructure corporations.