Baseless Calls to Expand Surveillance Fit Familiar, Cynical Pattern

Re:Baseless Calls to Expand Surveillance Fit Familiar, Cynic... by pweissbrod on Friday November 20, 2015 @11:11AM (#10601920)

Perhaps the argument is that they couldnt keep a close enough eye on the "known perps".

I feel like it is a fair/valid argument to support expanded/enhanced wiretapping of those with warrants ("known perps"). One could argue either way if it is the person's right to know if they are on a watchlist.

I DONT feel like the argument for expanded/enhanced wiretapping for everyone is fair/valid. Aside from the fact that it feels draconian and cowardly, there isnt any hard data to back up its effectiveness.

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Re:Baseless Calls to Expand Surveillance Fit Familiar, Cynic... by AnthonyMouse on Friday November 20, 2015 @12:05PM (#10602283)

> I feel like it is a fair/valid argument to support expanded/enhanced wiretapping of those with warrants ("known perps").

If the police have a warrant then they can tap your phone, bug your house, install a hardware keylogger on all your devices, etc. etc. That has been the case forever and nobody is objecting to it.

The objection is to warrantless surveillance and mandatory backdoors.

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