Re:EFF’s Game Plan for Ending Global Mass Surveillance
by thawkins on Monday January 26, 2015 @08:33PM
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But its not just about "open and honest" communication, its about them also tracking behaviour, who gets to judge what is "open and honest" behaviour. Do you want somebody trawling through your search and browsing history?
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Re:EFF’s Game Plan for Ending Global Mass Surveillance
by fit2rule on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @05:15AM
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As long as I know who is doing it, and where, I've got no problem with that - because then I can do something about it, like track the person down and ask them why they're doing it.
But of course its not as simple as that - of course there are still nefarious no-good types out there who would use this information to their advantage - and thats exactly the problem we have with the secrecy. If I knew who was tracking me, because their activity is also open and available for scrutiny, it makes it a lot easier to do something effective in the circumstance that I disagree with their doing so; it may also help me find others who are interested in the same things as me. Its a two-edged sword.