On Feb 27, 2014, at 9:55 AM, S Moonesamy <[email protected]> wrote:
> "The end user will usually be at the losing end of the bargain in > a tussle between the end user and government when Internet traffic > wiretapping is a matter of national security." That depends on context. In a technology context, I imagine you're correct; in America we say "you can't fight city hall." In the context of citizenship, it is exactly the role of a citizen to use the processes of "city hall" to engage and perhaps win. On February 11, I sent emails to each of my senators and my representative. This is Fred the Citizen doing the Citizen thing. The content of that email was: > Two weeks ago, I visited the FCC, staff for the House Committee on Energy and > Commerce, majority and minority, and senate staff regarding Net Neutrality. > In my opinion, many of the problems we now experience have to do with the > baroque structure of the Communications Act, OCCSS, FISA, ECPA, CALEA, and > Patriot. They were probably appropriate for the telecom era. However, the > changes due to the Internet and the eventual shutdown of the PSTN are forcing > a new regulatory regime, one decision or lawsuit at a time. > > In my opinion, Congress would do us all a favor if they scrapped the current > regulatory structure and designed a structure appropriate to an open Internet. > > Today, you will be hearing a lot about the NSA and the surveillance state. In > my opinion, law enforcement should be authorized to intercept whatever they > need to, whether metadata or content; the current structure authorizes some > things and not others, with no evident foresight or plan. However, law > enforcement should only be authorized to do so when they have been given a > warrant identifying the surveillance subject and the data expected to be > intercepted. Any concept of mass collection of either metadata or > communication content is, to my thinking, an unreasonable search and seizure. > > In the words of G.K.Chesterton, "We are learning to do a great many clever > things. The next great task will be to learn not to do them." In the era of > the Internet, his observation is especially meaningful. I got two responses. My representative sent me her "out of office" response, and one of my senators sent a note indicating that she thinks Net Neutrality is an important topic. "City Hall" is listening about as well as it ever does.
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