Mozilla, EFF, Reddit And 83 Other Organizations Launch StopWatching.Us
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#2Signed! Thank goodness organizations are stepping up to avert the slow creep of total surveillance.
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#3I love Mozilla
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#4love the (I think?) backhanded slap against FWD.us
(maybe I'm reading too much into this)
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#5It would be great if they started promoting e-mail, video, chat with built in idiot proof encryption. So easy to use that your average joe could use. That is the only way we can be sure the government cannot easily see what we are doing.
The slogan could be "You are not a terrorist, so why should the government be able to snoop on your private life?"
Or "Somebody in a dark government office could be listening to all your phone conversations, reading your e-mail and text message, and watching your videos. Are you really OK with that?"
One more: "You are not OK with people spying you in your house, why should you be OK with people spying you in your private digital life"
Just like with your house, the walls do not allow people to peak into what you are doing [1]. Encryption will fulfill the same purpose.
[1] Somebody using some form of x-ray radiation or infrared technology could still spy on you, but that is still fixable by building walls specifically designed to defeat this type of snooping technology.
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#6Instead of a "campaign", how about some technical countermeasures? They're the only thing that actually has a chance of working.
You simply can't rely on the political process as it exists when the response of the security establishment is to a) wait for an arbitrary crisis to dust off a naked power-grab, b) secretly "reinterpret" the law beyond recognition, and c) flatly ignore the law as they did with their "Terrorist Surveillance Program".
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#7Instead of a "campaign", how about some technical countermeasures? They're the only thing that actually has a chance of working. You simply can't rely on the political process as it exists when the response of the security establishment is to a) wait for an arbitrary crisis to dust off a naked power-grab, b) secretly "reinterpret" the law beyond recognition, and c) flatly ignore the law as they did with their "Terror…
What technical countermeasures do you suggest? Check out what this guy has to say about resistance: http://youtu.be/3ftfEXxFC4Q?t=28m53s
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#8Just the fact that we have to start websites like these, and march Capitol Hill to make the government realize its mistake is depressing, infuriating, and is gently, gradually tapping at a hot, steaming teapot of rage within every rational individual's psyche.
What is the root cause? How did this get so incredibly bad? Is it the fault of the public? Is it the public's fault we are in an Orwellian state of Soviet-era Germany? Or does Hanlon's Razor apply here?
In any case, there needs to be more action than just bandage measures like petitions and phoning your Congressman. This level of government negligence deserves an uproar, and sadly we're not getting it because many trust government, and are not skeptical in the slightest about it.
We have those animals called "politicians" to blame for that.
So, if people really want to change, lead a march on Capitol Hill. Be attention-seekers, make a change for the better, not for the worse. Let your life have value, and use that value against the worthless individuals sitting at their desks in Washington.
Just do something worthwhile, not sitting behind that sRGB display of yours. Painless encryption, countermeasures, protests, whatever -- we need to do something.
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#9Link to actual thing:
https://www.stopwatching.us
EFF: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/06/86-civil-liberties-gro...
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#10Here's where I get depressed about this whole thing: how will we know change has occurred? I mean, say in the best case scenario the government admits it was wrong and promises to stop the monitoring programs. How exactly are we supposed to know it has happened? I don't see why they couldn't simply start up a new secret program using the exact same resources and keep it from the public eye.