On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 8:27 PM, Yosem Companys <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Lauren Weinstein <[email protected]> > > And right on cue, the flush our civil liberties down the toilet boys > rear their ugly heads > > "We Need More Cameras, and We Need Them Now" > > http://j.mp/14A4fY1 (Slate) > > "Cities under the threat of terrorist attack should install networks of > cameras to monitor everything that happens at vulnerable urban > installations. Yes, you don't like to be watched. Neither do I. But of > all the measures we might consider to improve security in an age of > terrorism, installing surveillance cameras everywhere may be the best > choice. They're cheap, less intrusive than many physical security > systems, and-as will hopefully be the case with the Boston > bombing-they can be extremely effective at solving crimes." > > - - - > > This kind of misguided and factually vacuous proposal is more > dangerous to freedom than all the terrorism on the planet.
Another quote from that article... "The best reason to welcome a government network of surveillance cameras is that we’re already being watched—just not systematically, in a way that aids law enforcement. Private security cameras dot every busy street, and people’s personal cameras are everywhere." It strikes me that CISPA would/could enable this, at least for the security cameras. Conspiracy theories aside*, the timing could hardly be better. Best, - Scott * I'd be interested in learning if the contents of this particular tweet get confirmed though: <https://twitter.com/d_seaman/status/325001026400833536> -- Scott Elcomb @psema4 on Twitter / Identi.ca / Github & more Atomic OS: Self Contained Microsystems http://code.google.com/p/atomos/ Member of the Pirate Party of Canada http://www.pirateparty.ca/ -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at [email protected] or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
