At 11:58 AM -0400 7/26/00, Declan McCullagh wrote:
>At 14:58 7/25/2000 -0400, Tim May wrote:
>>I'm tempted to set up my own ISP just so I can tell them to fuck off and
>>wave a shotgun at them as they try to install their equipment on my
>>property. And even if they do manage to get a court-ordered wiretap, to
>>tell them to get the rack of equipment off my premises as soon as the
>>specific reason for the wiretap has ended.
>
>What also might be amusing is to have permanent webcams fixed on the office
>where you open physical mail and receive visitors. So when you're served
>with the court order that instructs you not to tell anyone about it --
>unintentionally, of course, you already have.
If this ever becomes common, I'd expect them to start cutting the
power to buildings they enter. Of course, a laptop with a Ricochet,
or a backup power supply, etc., will still work. But only with
greater effort.
I wonder how many of these "secret orders" there have been so far? We
have heard that AOL and other ISPs have been served with secret
orders they were told not to reveal to the targets of surveillance
(*).
(* and of course TPC has been serving wiretap orders for many decades
without notifying the targets)
The Brinnian camera idea may be deemed to be interfering in police matters.
(I once tried to video tape a police bust in Santa Cruz with my shiny
new camcorder, in 1987. As soon as the cops saw me, one of them came
over to my vantage point across the street and did the usual
cop-threat thing: "Do you have an involvement in this matter? No,
well then move along." No doubt Brin and others would point out that
the idea is to keep the camera hidden, or have multiple cameras, etc.)
Webcams for the purpose Declan describes could be a great way to
tweak Big Brother.
--Tim May
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