Re:Project Shield
by themihai on Monday September 26, 2016 @11:45AM
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The law will always be abused by those in power be it corporations, individuals or governments so I think technology is actually the main part of the solution.
Google along with other parties can contribute to technologies(i.e. end to end encryption) that protect our liberties but this friendship/network sharing proposal seems just wrong to me. They can't stand to MPAA requests, let alone NSA or its friends(i.e. UK's GCHQ).
In live threatening situations you can't trust a corporation not to give your data to the local governmental authorities. I'm not even considering that their network could be hacked or they are simply a rough actor. `Fairly transparent` is not enough. The latest revelations just proved it.
If you can't publish sensitive information there can't be a debate/case for government overreach/abuse in the first place thus the reason why technology became so important.
Google along with other parties can contribute to technologies(i.e. end to end encryption) that protect our liberties but this friendship/network sharing proposal seems just wrong to me. They can't stand to MPAA requests, let alone NSA or its friends(i.e. UK's GCHQ).
In live threatening situations you can't trust a corporation not to give your data to the local governmental authorities. I'm not even considering that their network could be hacked or they are simply a rough actor. `Fairly transparent` is not enough. The latest revelations just proved it.
If you can't publish sensitive information there can't be a debate/case for government overreach/abuse in the first place thus the reason why technology became so important.