LLWM

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by LLWM 12y ago
So it's also in Google's interest because it encourages users to allow themselves to be tracked.
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by LLWM 12y ago
I would. Doing that without any follow-up erodes your credibility. And the US is not going to go to war with China.
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by LLWM 12y ago
Well, obviously, since you don't do so. You rationalize it as bad.
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by LLWM 12y ago
If you just don't like it, then whatever. There are no consequences. The problem arises when you try to outlaw things other people are doing because you personally believe they are wrong. If I'm RMS and I believe proprietary softw
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by LLWM 12y ago
It's abundantly clear that they can't, for exactly the reasons you mention.
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by LLWM 12y ago
Why would I have something like that?
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by LLWM 12y ago
That's shockingly uncreative of you. You don't even need to come up with your own ideas if that's too hard for you, just watch some dumb 90s scifi.
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by LLWM 12y ago
Do you include yourself in that, or are you not a people?
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by LLWM 12y ago
What's the difference? He fled the country anyway.
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by LLWM 12y ago
>Of your suspicionless surveillance, you assert "this time is different". Where did I do that?
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by LLWM 12y ago
Wow, someone who actually takes the UDHR seriously. I didn't think people like that actually existed.
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by LLWM 12y ago
It's a bit hard to tell who the "we" is referring to there, but if you mean that privacy advocates are trying to stave off meaningful progress, I wholeheartedly agree. If you mean that government classification programs are t
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by LLWM 12y ago
I don't see your point. Most large projects require the combined effort of many people, especially if you want to be confident in their quality and get them shipped on time, as I'm sure the NSA does. Is that supposed to be a bad t
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by LLWM 12y ago
How is it leading me anywhere? If anything, it's probably my belief in the obsolescence of privacy that makes it easier for me to appreciate what the NSA is capable of, rather than the other way around.
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by LLWM 12y ago
I don't really see the appeal, but maybe I don't have the perspective to appreciate the skill that goes into dissolving human bodies properly. I still wouldn't call someone crazy if they did.
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by LLWM 12y ago
That was my intention. Thank you for noticing. I'm sure people of the future will find all kinds of ethical flaws in the way we live today. After all, 500 years ago, slavery was normal and accepted. Personally, I'd bet that our mi
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by LLWM 12y ago
Unlike you, I don't believe success, or really anything, is necessary to justify the existence of the NSA or what they do. Realistically, that boat sailed the first time necessary and proper was invoked.
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by LLWM 12y ago
They would probably also say that smoking is bad for your health.
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by LLWM 12y ago
If you are aware of that, it doesn't make a lot of sense to respond by talking about how you believe the leaks were actually genuine data. I don't expect that we will see the truth be declassified here. As I recall, they usually w
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by LLWM 12y ago
It's not meant as an insult. I'm just riffing off of your own comment that >On average they'll be very intelligent and working harder than their counterparts in industry for less money.
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by LLWM 12y ago
I don't doubt that it's genuine. But a deliberately selected subset of true information can still be misleading.
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by LLWM 12y ago
As someone who feels the same way, I don't understand how someone who cares about technology can dismiss that point of view so casually. Every single developer I know can at least admit that the NSA's malware is technically impres
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by LLWM 12y ago
It may go against your ethics, but that's a problem you will have to resolve within yourself. Even if you think it's unethical, you don't have the right to prevent other people from marrying same-sex partners or eating beef.
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by LLWM 12y ago
A lot of people hold personal opinions that aren't obligated to follow what courts decide. Not to invoke Chewbacca's law, but do you think OJ was innocent?
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by LLWM 12y ago
I'd say a lot of the things that have become known since then, like Regin or the ANT exploit catalog, have only intensified that image.
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by LLWM 12y ago
Ethics is subjective. We've already seen the same thing happen with people deciding non-free software is unethical.
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by LLWM 12y ago
You've described exactly why it's not surprising. People join the mafia and equivalent organizations all the time.
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by LLWM 12y ago
If domestic communications are all encrypted, then indirectly, yes.
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by LLWM 12y ago
The point of omnipresent surveillance is to be proactive and prevent threats before they arise. There is no way to measure its success. If you oppose it, pick a better reason to base your argument on.
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by LLWM 12y ago
It is, by his own admission, heavily curated. Both in what he exfiltrated and what selections from that have actually been published.

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