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Re:Join the U.S. Digital Service by firebones on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @12:04AM (#8988944)
Lessig said this once: Code is Law.

http://harvardmagazine.com/2000/01/code-is-law-html

See also: http://codev2.cc

Granted, he was talking about how the private sector can fill in where government doesn't go. Yet even on the inside there are choices to be made and influence to be exerted.

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Re:Join the U.S. Digital Service by nyolfen on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @12:34AM (#8989023)
someone should let a few of the thousands of developers who cooperated in building the surveillance state know about that i suppose
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Re:Join the U.S. Digital Service by firebones on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @12:57AM (#8989082)
Someone should. Which is why I commented.
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