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by rt4mn 4y ago
> Attorney-General and the Director of the FBI are both political appointees hired and fired by the President of the United States. That's only a part of it. The FBI as an institution pushes for and against legislation, and when the
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by rt4mn 4y ago
> The FBI enforce laws, not write them. Technically correct but in practice the FBI does actually write and repeal laws in 2 incredibly important ways that I constantly see people forget about. First every law enforcement body in this co
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by rt4mn 4y ago
Thats what I thought as well, but since neither myself nor the comment I was replying to mentioned it, I was / am confused how the hypocrisy in question was relevant. I'm probably overthinking a throwaway internet comment.
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by rt4mn 4y ago
I'm not sure how to interpret your comment. Could you elaborate?
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by rt4mn 4y ago
> It merely decided that it is not currently protected by constitution, which to me seems completely correct. First off, It was a momentous decision. It did not "merely" decide anything. Second, a right does not need to be expl
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by rt4mn 4y ago
Its not revolutionizing the world, but it is allowing people to shop online without having their transactions spied on by credit card companies or the government. Cryptocurrencies are the only viable mechanism for online financial privacy t
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by rt4mn 5y ago
just going based off of when the IAPP map was last updated vs how often I get email notifications of new posts, the byte back law blog is more up to date (although I strongly disagree with some of their analysis, they are on top of these th
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by rt4mn 5y ago
For this kind of regulation, you look to see what kinds of enforcement mechanisms exist. You need either (or ideally, both): - a private right of action (IE, I get to sue you if you violate the privacy rights that this bill spells out) - we
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OSSPodcast: Episode 310 – Hayley Tsukayama from the EFF talks about privacy(opensourcesecurity.io)
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How Are Police Using Drones(eff.org)
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by rt4mn 5y ago
> Well, guess what? We have now all been granted a power once reserved for totalitarian governments. A not particularly industrious fourteen-year-old can learn more about a person in a shorter amount of time than a team of K.G.B. agents
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by rt4mn 5y ago
Just because something can be technically done does not mean that we cant impose restrictions that make it to costly to use except in the most constrained and extreme circumstances. This is an oversimplification of a complicated story, but
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Encryption Originalism(justsecurity.org)
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