Students Against Mass Surveillance on Campus

Re:Students Against Mass Surveillance on Campus by tommycollison on Monday January 19, 2015 @10:55PM (#8915405)

We're not against any form of surveillance ever, we just think that over-broad NSA/GCHQ spying as it currently exists violates the Constitution.

Maybe we'll agree some day that this level of surveillance is a price we're willing to pay, but that needs a rigorous and well-informed public debate.

Our letter ends by calling on the U.S. government to "bring the NSA back within the bounds of the constitution," not to scrap the NSA entirely.

Hope this clarifies. :-)

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Re:Students Against Mass Surveillance on Campus by XorNot on Monday January 19, 2015 @11:20PM (#8915469)

So why on campus then? "on campus" implies this is a campus specific issue, hence the aforementioned security cameras.

The NSA/GCHQ is a nation-state level issue, effecting populaces on the same scale.

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Re:Students Against Mass Surveillance on Campus by tommycollison on Monday January 19, 2015 @11:27PM (#8915491)

Well, headline aside, we feel the NSA/GCHQ overreach is a problem that particularly affects students, since college is a time for exploration, creativity, and freedom. The private realm is the only place any of these things reside, and we're concerned about the erosion of online anonymity.

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