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by no_opinions 7y ago
The suspicious thing isn't the tool/technology, it's the actor and what the world would be like if they ran the show. This is a good reason why Chinese needs to democratize totally and switch things up. The issue is, when you
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by no_opinions 7y ago
> to track down an immigrant suspected of “unlawful reentry” into the country. In other words - we don't know who they even are. Just that they're furtive and evading authorities. The unlawful entry in itself is bad, but what e
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by no_opinions 7y ago
They also don't have many social benefits, consumer representation or affordable housing. If they had to pay US companies back for all the IP they've stolen / used without licensing, they'd be broke.
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by no_opinions 7y ago
It would be great if there was world peace, happy families and spouses that stayed together forever, and no foreigners targeting your country. People often forget that foreign governments are targeting USA and US persons abroad. There isn&#
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by no_opinions 7y ago
> The argument against it is basically that abuse of powerful surveillance technologies is inevitable precisely because the technology is so powerful. What would be some examples of an abuse? What would be some examples of a powerful sur
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by no_opinions 7y ago
Why not focus policies around using the surveillance tools? The tools should be as powerful as possible. To keep people safe, shouldn't infrastructure be powerful enough to tap anything instantly with proper authorization, even backwar
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by no_opinions 7y ago
What is the actual complaint they have about ICE? Is it the immigration policy, the immigration court system? individual agents/employees? Doesn't every country have a counterpart to ICE that handles immigration rules? Are there a
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by no_opinions 7y ago
From that twitter account, a Xinjiang related bill is up for vote this week ( https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/178 ) https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20191202&#x
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by no_opinions 7y ago
> Well there were some precedents of abuse in history. And in the case of Xinjiang is right now, unfortunately! > Surveillance makes them paranoid and then depressed and then they snap and bad things happen. Two points / ways I c
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by no_opinions 7y ago
> Like with dumb-phone they can avoid cell-tower tracking I don't think there's any kind of cell phone that can avoid being triangulated. I believe it has to do with call routing. If that mechanism was completely removed, would
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by no_opinions 7y ago
I view the real issue is the "why" behind the surveillance, rather than the tool itself. Examples: - Consumer-based: Facebook and Google's type of data collection is best handled through the use of GDPR-like legislation, in U
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by no_opinions 7y ago
> Your participation will never be disclosed from our side unless you publicize it on your own. Blackmail / extortion / compromise trap right there. Don't email em, don't talk to em. If you're an American and you
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by no_opinions 7y ago
> since he asked and was informed by the State Department that it was. But what did Griffith see when he asked for permission from the State department, though? Did he know violating sanctions was criminal, or something potentially that&
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by no_opinions 7y ago
Generally speaking, police and security agencies have more rights to collect data and tap lines. This is true regardless of the country and how many protections they have. Judging by comments, GDPR is something people in US may like. It may
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by no_opinions 7y ago
As as for the ICE thing, wouldn't the thing to do be to complain to the legislature or IG of ICE if they wanted to see change? What is trying to be accomplished? Just relieving stress by acting out against authority figures? Or are the
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by no_opinions 7y ago
> USSR military developed Buran to match what they saw as the space warfare capabilities that USA gained with the Shuttle. For more info on this, Mustard's documentary on the Buran: https://youtu.be/CwLx4L5NRU0?t=175
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by no_opinions 7y ago
Imagine if any sort of change is possible in terms of regulation transparency, etc. You are tasked with writing a tailored / scoping a way to manage human sources: Could you describe in words how to make a friend, or courtship that a
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by no_opinions 7y ago
The rules change all the time and are subject to layers of oversight. See https://icontherecord.tumblr.com/ - FISA court (judicial) - House / Senate intel committee (legislative) - IC Inspector General (executive, they
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by no_opinions 7y ago
The FISA court ruling proves the system works. This is good news. To those outside USA, FISA is like an intelligence related court. From an earlier gov brief: > Our government is tasked with protecting an interest of utmost significance
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by no_opinions 7y ago
EFF is special in that is completely disregards legitimate use cases to access information. I thought civil liberties was about fine tuning the scope of the government's power from sweeping in innocent citizens. EFF doesn't attemp
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by no_opinions 7y ago
I'm in favor of the government being capable of seeing and viewing 100% everything. 110%. The infrastructure should be there. If there's a court order or lawful authorization, info should be accessible without delay. But The way
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by no_opinions 7y ago
I doubt US Department of Agriculture or Department of Education operate abroad or have human rights issues to FOIA, you can try. > If USA government employees are more accountable than China government employees, China wins! "Transp
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by no_opinions 7y ago
> So in your eyes, "probably better than China" is the optimum? Being "better", whatever that means, would still be at the bottom. It'd be difficult to do worse, assuming the Xinjiang / HK stuff.
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by no_opinions 7y ago
It's perfect timing this gets brought up because with all this news about Xinjiang, HK, East Ukraine, etc. we need to make sure China, Russia and so on also let us examine their transparency and protocols so we can give a rigorous, tho
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by no_opinions 7y ago
It may be helpful to differentiate Chinese people and society from its government. I view Chinese people individually, and on the whole, as very humanistic. The real question is what would China look like if its system represented the senti
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by no_opinions 7y ago
Agreed. It's easy to see the level of desperation behind the words, they're provocateurs deliberately being disingenuous to get clicks, with a big smile of how they're duping everyone. They're very mean and hurtful and s
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by no_opinions 7y ago
NYT used to be a really good paper though. I thought it was supposed to be this amazing intellectual, philosophical, humanistic thing spreading the courageous word of the truth to unwoked. These people were supposed to be focusing on what w
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by no_opinions 7y ago
That's not what I'm saying, the leaking to a journalist is the defection. The leaker is on the best behavior to impress their new handler. They're suckers and getting played. An analogy to what Snowden did: How would you feel
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by no_opinions 7y ago
Well, he defected. Please understand I'm trying to understand him better myself, because his actions don't match the high-minded platitudes he claims to espouse: he didn't file a lawsuit, write criticism of his bosses, polici
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by no_opinions 7y ago
I don't share the sympathies of him being a hero. I'd wait until seeing all the information before making a judgment: There's conflicting stories on Edward Snowden's history. There's accusations acted out in the wor

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