Hi Marshall,

This is great - thanks for putting it together.

On 02/09/15 22:53, [email protected] wrote:
> 2) Minimal Impact Mozilla Principle #2 states that the Internet is a
> global public resource. Government surveillance decisions should take
> into account global implications for trust and security online by
> focusing activities on those with minimal impact.

What does "those" refer to in this last sentence?

> Efforts should be made to collect only the information that is
> needed. Whenever possible, only data on specific, identifiable users
> should be collected, rather than collecting data from a large group
> of users with the expectation that it can be triaged later.
> Activities should be designed to minimize their impact on the
> Internet infrastructure and on user trust. Compromise of or
> unauthorized access to third party infrastructure or systems should
> be avoided if at all possible and is wholly unacceptable if other
> avenues for obtaining third party cooperation are available.

I would add: and this applies even if access through those legal avenues
is denied. (I.e. you can't go and hack Google's computers because a
judge turns down your warrant.)

> oversight should be evidence-based and start with an analysis of the
> national security benefits and potential harms of programs in
> question.

This is a good point, but is it related to the oversight, or to the
policies? That is to say, I think oversight is about "making sure they
do what the law says", but an analysis of benefits and harms is about
"making sure the law says the right thing".

Gerv
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