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> To some extent the people need to be brave about this surveillance too and not go paranoid. I don't think that surveillance is a problem per se. The problem
by tomp 12y ago
> To some extent the people need to be brave about this surveillance too and not go paranoid.
I don't think that surveillance is a problem per se. The problem is the law enforcement agencies that use surveillance to actually jail people. As long as they keep charging pregnant women that trip and fall, arresting to people based on tweets [1], or treating kids as sex offenders [2], they shouldn't be trusted with wielding so much power.
[1] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2093796/Emily-Bunting-Leigh-Van-Bryan-UK-tourists-arrested-destroy-America-Twitter-jokes.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2093796/Emily-Buntin...
[2] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2093796/Emily-Bunting-Leigh-Van-Bryan-UK-tourists-arrested-destroy-America-Twitter-jokes.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2093796/Emily-Buntin...
- uxp 12y agoBoth your links point to the same resource, when it appears you meant otherwise. Also, the Daily Mail is considered a tabloid at best. More reputable sources are generally preferred to them.
- tomp 12y agoSorry. Arrest (actually, BBC uses the word "apprehended") over tweets: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16810312 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16810312 Kids as sex offenders: http://www.bostonreview.net/blog/youth-sex-offender-registry-hrw http://www.bostonreview.net/blog/youth-sex-offender-registry...