fuck eff On Aug 11, 2015 11:16 PM, "Cathal Garvey" <cathalgar...@cathalgarvey.me> wrote:
> Forcing those in power *not* to look back at us, and granting ourselves > greater ability to visualise power's actions, are not mutually exclusive > goals. We should be doing both, including methods to hide ourselves and to > better monitor and hold accountable those in power. > > Of course, those monitoring are often punished, so necessarily the ability > to monitor *and* hide go hand in hand. > > In other words I reckon the approach of fighting mass surveillance > (including acknowledging that corporations are NOT people and their > surveillance is qualitatively different from my private CCTV system) and > pushing for greater transparency, in tandem with mass-crypto and ubiquitous > sousveillance, is exactly the right thing to do..and it's more or less what > I think we're doing already globally with the cypherpunk, pirate party, and > eff-ist movements. > > On 11/08/15 20:49, Sean Lynch wrote: > >> So what do people think of David Brin's "transparent society" approach >> to this problem? We can't completely stop ourselves from being watched, >> but we can make use of all this technology ourselves. Police have ALPRs >> and dashcams and bodycams, but by and large they have actually resisted >> expansions of their own surveillance because they want the flexibility >> to be able to make up justifications after the fact. Phone cams have for >> the most part taken that choice away from them. The result seems likely >> to be less police abuse than at any point since at least the early 20th >> century in the US. >> >> Even Snowden's leaks were enabled by very similar technologies to what >> the NSA deploys against us. >> >> Is there any reason to believe that, overall, technology will benefit >> governments more than it does individuals? >> > > -- > Scientific Director, IndieBio EU Programme > Now running in Cork, Ireland May->July > Learn more at indie.bio and follow along! > Twitter: @onetruecathal > Phone: +353876363185 > miniLock: JjmYYngs7akLZUjkvFkuYdsZ3PyPHSZRBKNm6qTYKZfAM > peerio.com: cathalgarvey >
