IANAL but doesn't the US Constitution, with few exceptions, apply to all Citizens and non-citizens alike?
-- Karthik Poobalasubramanian Louisiana Board of Regents [email protected] [email protected] (225) 341-5855 skype: poobal On Feb 5, 2010, at 4:09 AM, John Hebert wrote: > My thoughts: > > 1) Use Freenet (http://freenetproject.org/) to store and share your data, as > well as to chat and browse anonymously on an encrypted peer-to-peer network. > Sure, it still depends on keeping your passphrase private, but how far would > the FBI go to force someone to give their passphrase? Start practicing > holding your breath underwater. > > 2) The article is misleadingly titled "Police want backdoor to Web users' > private data" (http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10446503-38.html?tag=digg2), > but it is about the results of a survey of some law enforcement officers. I > was more worried about David Duke's poll surveys than this yellow journalism > by Declan McCullagh. Shame, shame, SHAME on you Dustin for even mentioning > this article on the mailing list. Oh, wait. It is your mailing list... > > 3) Law enforcement can and do use actual investigative techniques to find > those who create child pornography (i.e.; photography of people less than 18 > years of age performing sexual activity). A well-designed and secured network > for law enforcement to do their jobs is a good thing. Think about this: law > enforcement officials are using email now to exchange information about > investigations. (!!!) > > It seems kinda ass-backwards for some law enforcement officials to take away > the 5th Amendment for all US citizens because some citizens keep a collection > of certain bits on the computers when there are cases of actual sexual abuse > of children (again, under 18 years) within this country, not to mention other > countries. Those US citizens who vote with their cable TV remotes and support > taking away the 5th may not want to visit certain other countries. See > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_consent. Look for the big black spot on > the map. > > 4) Stupid border guards don't know the difference between child pornography > and hentai. > > Extra bonus points for comments on the philosophical problems involved with > enforcing pornography laws perceived with analog interfaces. > > John > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
