On 11-06-13 12:21, Eugen Leitl wrote:
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 10:27:33PM +0200, Guido Witmond wrote:
The big deal is that now it's become impossible to believe the lies, and
that you [Americans] are forced to accept the truth.
Reality check: https://twitter.com/_nothingtohide
http://www.people-press.org/2013/06/10/majority-views-nsa-phone-tracking-as-acceptable-anti-terror-tactic/
No further questions, your honor.
1st step to recovery is denial...
However, the question of Pew Research (in that second link) is not
fair: "Which is more important?
A. Investigate terrorist threats;
(or) B. Not intrude on privacy (of the general public)
There is a third choice:
C. Investigate terrorist threats AND not intrude on privacy (of the
general public). We pay you people $X Billion dollars to do so.
I tend to agree with Lauren Weinsteins opinion that it is rampant
paranoia that lead us (the world) into this.
http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/001044.html
Realistically, we should be thankful for this brief
flash of interest (already waning) and use it to reignite
interest in stalled projects.
I am very grateful for mr Snowden and Greenwald to leak this. Now it is
ok for EU-commissioner mrv Viviane Reding to state that privavcy isn't a
luxury but a right.
Regards, Guido.
PS: Check out the background picture on that twitter-page, sheep!
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