If privacy is outlawed, only outlaws will have privacy.
They created terrorism in the first place by bombing and occupying other countries, removing dictators.
UK surveillance bill includes powers to limit end-to-end encryption
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#182Earlier quoted context omitted.
Tips fedora Lol, these suggestions are ridiculous, could you possibly be more out of touch with the billions of other people that surround you
You're never going to find a solution to a hard problem by appealing to the whims of the masses.
Finding a solution which appeals only to Hacker News readers isn't a solution if you live in a democracy.
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#183Earlier quoted context omitted.
In what way are EU states 'allowing this stream of immigrants'? The refugees are entering through illegal crossings. By definition, their entry is not allowed, but happens regardless.
EU could have enforced the existing rules much stricter though or even implemented stricter rules.
Just kill everybody who tries to enter or let even more of them die trying?
We are rich. And we are partly responsible for the situation. Not helping refugees is just inhumane and wrong.
Fixing this problem at the source would be better. So that people do not have to leave their home countries.
But how?
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#184Earlier quoted context omitted.
I agree with you. Every time I bring that up, I get down-voted due to the cognitive dissonance that folks have with their fondle-slabs. Now people are being conditioned to think it's normal for their microphone to always be on.
> fondle-slabs you mean zombie phones? ;) Seriously, what you're talking about is one of the reasons I've wanted to get a Blackphone... but I think I saw a blip on my radar that it may be compromised
Your choices now seem to be a pair-locked and hardened iOS device, or a recent Android running CopperheadOS. http://readwrite.com/2015/03/05/blackphone-2-privacy-mwc-spi... has some more details on what happened to the Blackphone.
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#185Earlier quoted context omitted.
The solution is to go on with your life . You cannot stop terrorism, but you can take out it's sting. We seem to have forgotten the lessons about the IRA, et al. In addition, when people say "solutions" what they mean is "something that doesn't inconvenience me or require me to do anything". However if you want "real" solutions, here are some: 1) Start denouncing ALL religion as the force for stupidity that it actual…
Hmm, I think your first two points are a bit harsh and don't cover the whole picture. 1) Religion is not really the problem. There are a over a billion muslims in the world, and a little more than that who are Christians. The percentage of each that are involved in violence, even major wars, is so small to be statistically insignificant (definitely less than 1% or even 0.1% (or even 0.00001% if you just consider terr…
May be there should be a constitutional requirement to put those politicians that call for war right in the front lines along with those who actually fights it. Then may be they would have an appreciation for veterans and their care, cut back on unnecessary wars as they would think hard before putting themselves in harms way rather than war mongering sitting in the luxurious comfort.
Taking responsibility can put an end to a lot of bad things happening in todays society. Doing whatever without having to face its consequences is the root cause of such behavior that causes harm to people.
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#186Earlier quoted context omitted.
I agree with you. Every time I bring that up, I get down-voted due to the cognitive dissonance that folks have with their fondle-slabs. Now people are being conditioned to think it's normal for their microphone to always be on.
> fondle-slabs you mean zombie phones? ;) Seriously, what you're talking about is one of the reasons I've wanted to get a Blackphone... but I think I saw a blip on my radar that it may be compromised
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#187Earlier quoted context omitted.
The recent attacks in Germany are a particularly relevant example. Aside from the fact that zero people have thus far been killed by Islamist terrorists in Germany (since...I'm not sure when), every single incident was perpetrated by one person acting entirely on his own. And the thing in Reutlingen which keeps getting lumped in was a "normal" murder. No amount of domestic "anti-terrorism" law enforcement would have…
> No amount of domestic "anti-terrorism" law enforcement would have the slightest impact on any of this, not until you crank it to the level of a genuine police state with zero freedom. Also remember that Allied resistance in occupied Europe during WW2 was able to bomb military targets, produce submachine guns from scratch and distribute propaganda, while under heavy physical surveillance by the Nazis. Thus we know t…
While you make a good point the secret police forces of the 20th century would have killed for some of the surveillance tools they'd have access to of they tried it over today.
No need to steam open letters and read them physically, phone taps which can automatically surveil entire cities making connections between people, cameras able to follow people's vehicles without carefully coordinated follow teams. Who knows how the resistance would have faired under those conditions.
Re: UK surveillance bill includes powers to limit end-to-end encryption
#188Earlier quoted context omitted.
The recent attacks in Germany are a particularly relevant example. Aside from the fact that zero people have thus far been killed by Islamist terrorists in Germany (since...I'm not sure when), every single incident was perpetrated by one person acting entirely on his own. And the thing in Reutlingen which keeps getting lumped in was a "normal" murder. No amount of domestic "anti-terrorism" law enforcement would have…
> No amount of domestic "anti-terrorism" law enforcement would have the slightest impact on any of this, not until you crank it to the level of a genuine police state with zero freedom. Also remember that Allied resistance in occupied Europe during WW2 was able to bomb military targets, produce submachine guns from scratch and distribute propaganda, while under heavy physical surveillance by the Nazis. Thus we know t…
Surveillance technologies have went a long way since WWII. Now, when everybody caries a bugged device in their pocket and cameras are ubique, it's no brainer. Of course, I do not advocate losing our freedom in the name of security, but mass surveillance is only a political matter, we already have technology means to achieve it.
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#189Govt should limit end-to-end encryption AFTER open sourcing all their software;
Re: UK surveillance bill includes powers to limit end-to-end encryption
#190Earlier quoted context omitted.
I appreciate you're playing devil's advocate, so I'm holding back. "There's a security problem in Europe at the moment". What are you talking about? The number of people harmed in terrorism-related events in Europe in any given year is dwarfed by the number of people who harm themselves by accident or stupidity in those same countries. And dwarfed to an even greater extent by the number of people killed by police in…
> I appreciate you're playing devil's advocate, so I'm holding back. And if his views were genuine, would you then be rude? I find this implication troubling and corrosive to open discussion. > It is the media attention given to the situation, not the situation itself, that is terrifying. Europe is extremely safe and does not have a security problem. I couldn't disagree more. If such incidents were rare two decades a…
Regarding potential terrorism death in Europe, two to four decades ago was a very dangerous time here.
Be it Ireland, Spain or Germany - the 70s, 80s and 90s had a way higher death toll from terror in any given year.
We had the RAF in Germany, ETA in Spain, IRA in Ireland/Britain and so on. Not to talk about Securitate in Romania and so on.
So statistically speaking we non the less have to fear less then our parents had to fear.
I am not saying, that we should just ignore it. No - on the contrary - but first we shouldn't give in to the media crazed panic and throw our freedoms in front of this Angst-Train.
We should identify the problems, look for valid solutions and then fight the causes, not the symptoms. In my eyes having our nations (living in Germany) export war and terror into the world, then take in the refugees without helping them cope with what they went through is a recipe for disaster.
We should take in refugees, as this is just basic humanity calling, but we also have the obligation to help these people with more then "just" shelter.
We also have the obligation to elect leaders wo are not trying every day to set the world on fire. Maybe in the long run this would help a "little bit" as well.
And yes - one might call me a naive idealist.