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The suspicious thing isn't the tool/technology, it's the actor and what the world would be like if they ran the show. This is a good reason why Chinese needs to democratize totally…

I think the government has the right to identify someone and know their citizenship status. There are tragic consequences to unlawful entry. If one of these people were to get sick…

> to track down an immigrant suspected of “unlawful reentry” into the country. In other words - we don't know who they even are. Just that they're furtive and evading authorities. …

There isn't a choice but to bulk collect and map reduce. It's a technical limitation - no one can predict the future. > Just because that data hasn't been used against you or me ye…

They also don't have many social benefits, consumer representation or affordable housing. If they had to pay US companies back for all the IP they've stolen / used without licensin…

It would be great if there was world peace, happy families and spouses that stayed together forever, and no foreigners targeting your country. People often forget that foreign gove…

> The argument against it is basically that abuse of powerful surveillance technologies is inevitable precisely because the technology is so powerful. What would be some examples o…

Why not focus policies around using the surveillance tools? The tools should be as powerful as possible. To keep people safe, shouldn't infrastructure be powerful enough to tap any…

What is the actual complaint they have about ICE? Is it the immigration policy, the immigration court system? individual agents/employees? Doesn't every country have a counterpart …

From that twitter account, a Xinjiang related bill is up for vote this week ( https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/178 ) https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20…

> Well there were some precedents of abuse in history. And in the case of Xinjiang is right now, unfortunately! > Surveillance makes them paranoid and then depressed and then they …

> Like with dumb-phone they can avoid cell-tower tracking I don't think there's any kind of cell phone that can avoid being triangulated. I believe it has to do with call routing. …

I view the real issue is the "why" behind the surveillance, rather than the tool itself. Examples: - Consumer-based: Facebook and Google's type of data collection is best handled t…

> Your participation will never be disclosed from our side unless you publicize it on your own. Blackmail / extortion / compromise trap right there. Don't email em, don't talk to e…

> since he asked and was informed by the State Department that it was. But what did Griffith see when he asked for permission from the State department, though? Did he know violati…

Generally speaking, police and security agencies have more rights to collect data and tap lines. This is true regardless of the country and how many protections they have. Judging …

As as for the ICE thing, wouldn't the thing to do be to complain to the legislature or IG of ICE if they wanted to see change? What is trying to be accomplished? Just relieving str…

> USSR military developed Buran to match what they saw as the space warfare capabilities that USA gained with the Shuttle. For more info on this, Mustard's documentary on the Buran…

Imagine if any sort of change is possible in terms of regulation transparency, etc. You are tasked with writing a tailored / scoping a way to manage human sources: Could you descri…

The rules change all the time and are subject to layers of oversight. See https://icontherecord.tumblr.com/ - FISA court (judicial) - House / Senate intel committee (legislative) -…

The FISA court ruling proves the system works. This is good news. To those outside USA, FISA is like an intelligence related court. From an earlier gov brief: > Our government is t…

EFF is special in that is completely disregards legitimate use cases to access information. I thought civil liberties was about fine tuning the scope of the government's power from…