The suspicious thing isn't the tool/technology, it's the actor and what the world would be like if they ran the show. This is a good reason why Chinese needs to democratize totally and switch things up. The issue is,…
I think the government has the right to identify someone and know their citizenship status. There are tragic consequences to unlawful entry. If one of these people were to get sick, who is the next of kin? Do they…
> to track down an immigrant suspected of “unlawful reentry” into the country. In other words - we don't know who they even are. Just that they're furtive and evading authorities. The unlawful entry in itself is bad,…
There isn't a choice but to bulk collect and map reduce. It's a technical limitation - no one can predict the future. > Just because that data hasn't been used against you or me yet doesn't mean it never will. What do…
They also don't have many social benefits, consumer representation or affordable housing. If they had to pay US companies back for all the IP they've stolen / used without licensing, they'd be broke.
It would be great if there was world peace, happy families and spouses that stayed together forever, and no foreigners targeting your country. People often forget that foreign governments are targeting USA and US…
> The argument against it is basically that abuse of powerful surveillance technologies is inevitable precisely because the technology is so powerful. What would be some examples of an abuse? What would be some examples…
Why not focus policies around using the surveillance tools? The tools should be as powerful as possible. To keep people safe, shouldn't infrastructure be powerful enough to tap anything instantly with proper…
What is the actual complaint they have about ICE? Is it the immigration policy, the immigration court system? individual agents/employees? Doesn't every country have a counterpart to ICE that handles immigration rules?…
From that twitter account, a Xinjiang related bill is up for vote this week (https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/178) https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20191202/BILLS-116s178-... With all this…
> Well there were some precedents of abuse in history. And in the case of Xinjiang is right now, unfortunately! > Surveillance makes them paranoid and then depressed and then they snap and bad things happen. Two points…
> Like with dumb-phone they can avoid cell-tower tracking I don't think there's any kind of cell phone that can avoid being triangulated. I believe it has to do with call routing. If that mechanism was completely…
I view the real issue is the "why" behind the surveillance, rather than the tool itself. Examples: - Consumer-based: Facebook and Google's type of data collection is best handled through the use of GDPR-like…
> Your participation will never be disclosed from our side unless you publicize it on your own. Blackmail / extortion / compromise trap right there. Don't email em, don't talk to em. If you're an American and you go…
> since he asked and was informed by the State Department that it was. But what did Griffith see when he asked for permission from the State department, though? Did he know violating sanctions was criminal, or something…
Generally speaking, police and security agencies have more rights to collect data and tap lines. This is true regardless of the country and how many protections they have. Judging by comments, GDPR is something people…
As as for the ICE thing, wouldn't the thing to do be to complain to the legislature or IG of ICE if they wanted to see change? What is trying to be accomplished? Just relieving stress by acting out against authority…
> USSR military developed Buran to match what they saw as the space warfare capabilities that USA gained with the Shuttle. For more info on this, Mustard's documentary on the Buran: https://youtu.be/CwLx4L5NRU0?t=175
Imagine if any sort of change is possible in terms of regulation transparency, etc. You are tasked with writing a tailored / scoping a way to manage human sources: Could you describe in words how to make a friend, or…
The rules change all the time and are subject to layers of oversight. See https://icontherecord.tumblr.com/ - FISA court (judicial) - House / Senate intel committee (legislative) - IC Inspector General (executive, they…
The FISA court ruling proves the system works. This is good news. To those outside USA, FISA is like an intelligence related court. From an earlier gov brief: > Our government is tasked with protecting an interest of…
EFF is special in that is completely disregards legitimate use cases to access information. I thought civil liberties was about fine tuning the scope of the government's power from sweeping in innocent citizens. EFF…
I'm in favor of the government being capable of seeing and viewing 100% everything. 110%. The infrastructure should be there. If there's a court order or lawful authorization, info should be accessible without delay.…
I doubt US Department of Agriculture or Department of Education operate abroad or have human rights issues to FOIA, you can try. > If USA government employees are more accountable than China government employees, China…
> So in your eyes, "probably better than China" is the optimum? Being "better", whatever that means, would still be at the bottom. It'd be difficult to do worse, assuming the Xinjiang / HK stuff.
The suspicious thing isn't the tool/technology, it's the actor and what the world would be like if they ran the show. This is a good reason why Chinese needs to democratize totally and switch things up. The issue is,…
I think the government has the right to identify someone and know their citizenship status. There are tragic consequences to unlawful entry. If one of these people were to get sick, who is the next of kin? Do they…
> to track down an immigrant suspected of “unlawful reentry” into the country. In other words - we don't know who they even are. Just that they're furtive and evading authorities. The unlawful entry in itself is bad,…
There isn't a choice but to bulk collect and map reduce. It's a technical limitation - no one can predict the future. > Just because that data hasn't been used against you or me yet doesn't mean it never will. What do…
They also don't have many social benefits, consumer representation or affordable housing. If they had to pay US companies back for all the IP they've stolen / used without licensing, they'd be broke.
It would be great if there was world peace, happy families and spouses that stayed together forever, and no foreigners targeting your country. People often forget that foreign governments are targeting USA and US…
> The argument against it is basically that abuse of powerful surveillance technologies is inevitable precisely because the technology is so powerful. What would be some examples of an abuse? What would be some examples…
Why not focus policies around using the surveillance tools? The tools should be as powerful as possible. To keep people safe, shouldn't infrastructure be powerful enough to tap anything instantly with proper…
What is the actual complaint they have about ICE? Is it the immigration policy, the immigration court system? individual agents/employees? Doesn't every country have a counterpart to ICE that handles immigration rules?…
From that twitter account, a Xinjiang related bill is up for vote this week (https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/178) https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20191202/BILLS-116s178-... With all this…
> Well there were some precedents of abuse in history. And in the case of Xinjiang is right now, unfortunately! > Surveillance makes them paranoid and then depressed and then they snap and bad things happen. Two points…
> Like with dumb-phone they can avoid cell-tower tracking I don't think there's any kind of cell phone that can avoid being triangulated. I believe it has to do with call routing. If that mechanism was completely…
I view the real issue is the "why" behind the surveillance, rather than the tool itself. Examples: - Consumer-based: Facebook and Google's type of data collection is best handled through the use of GDPR-like…
> Your participation will never be disclosed from our side unless you publicize it on your own. Blackmail / extortion / compromise trap right there. Don't email em, don't talk to em. If you're an American and you go…
> since he asked and was informed by the State Department that it was. But what did Griffith see when he asked for permission from the State department, though? Did he know violating sanctions was criminal, or something…
Generally speaking, police and security agencies have more rights to collect data and tap lines. This is true regardless of the country and how many protections they have. Judging by comments, GDPR is something people…
As as for the ICE thing, wouldn't the thing to do be to complain to the legislature or IG of ICE if they wanted to see change? What is trying to be accomplished? Just relieving stress by acting out against authority…
> USSR military developed Buran to match what they saw as the space warfare capabilities that USA gained with the Shuttle. For more info on this, Mustard's documentary on the Buran: https://youtu.be/CwLx4L5NRU0?t=175
Imagine if any sort of change is possible in terms of regulation transparency, etc. You are tasked with writing a tailored / scoping a way to manage human sources: Could you describe in words how to make a friend, or…
The rules change all the time and are subject to layers of oversight. See https://icontherecord.tumblr.com/ - FISA court (judicial) - House / Senate intel committee (legislative) - IC Inspector General (executive, they…
The FISA court ruling proves the system works. This is good news. To those outside USA, FISA is like an intelligence related court. From an earlier gov brief: > Our government is tasked with protecting an interest of…
EFF is special in that is completely disregards legitimate use cases to access information. I thought civil liberties was about fine tuning the scope of the government's power from sweeping in innocent citizens. EFF…
I'm in favor of the government being capable of seeing and viewing 100% everything. 110%. The infrastructure should be there. If there's a court order or lawful authorization, info should be accessible without delay.…
I doubt US Department of Agriculture or Department of Education operate abroad or have human rights issues to FOIA, you can try. > If USA government employees are more accountable than China government employees, China…
> So in your eyes, "probably better than China" is the optimum? Being "better", whatever that means, would still be at the bottom. It'd be difficult to do worse, assuming the Xinjiang / HK stuff.