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CNN Talks WIth ACLU Tech Maven Barry Steinhardt

Posted by timothy on from the watch-that-mandatory-stuff-now dept.

muon1183 writes " CNN interviews Barry Steinhardt, the ACLU's cyberchief and former staff laywer for the EFF. Steinhardt speaks on his concerns about current and upcoming legislation and its impacts on your civil liberties. It's good that this is finally making the mainstream media."

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  1. ACLU's Efforts by Gorilla_Man · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's more info about ACLU's campaign to challenge new security laws, called Keep America Safe and Free

    It's interesting to note their views that in order to keep America safe, you do not necessarily have to take away freedom.

    More info about the controversial PATRIOT ACT.

    Best of luck to him!

  2. Wired Interview with Barry by Gorilla_Man · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's a longer interview with Barry from Wired

    They also have some nice information on 'Carnivore' and 'Magic Lantern', spy technologies that the FBI is using on Americans.

    Scary stuff.

  3. Re:Serious Question by dcw3 · · Score: 1, Informative

    Let's see I've done the following things in the last month and would like to hide them...they're all either illegal or could bring govt./community attention...

    1. Drove 65mph in a 55mph zone.
    2. Spanked my daughter...just one swat on the bottom.
    3. Had anal with the wife.
    4. Didn't go to church.
    5. Surfed the web at work on company time.

    I like my privacy. It allows me to stay get to work faster, raise my kid as I see fit, do my wife in the ass, not worry about how the neighbors feel about my religous beliefs, and not lose my job.

    --
    Just another day in Paradise
  4. Poindexter? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Poindexter is lucky not to be in jail, let alone directing Total Information Awareness. I seem to recall cover-ups for Iran Contra. Do we want this criminal dictating our freedoms to us?

    http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episode s/ 18/archive/

  5. Re:Could be good by Saint+Nobody · · Score: 2, Informative

    the most obvious answer is the sedition act of 1798, but there are countless others. it looks like the avalon project is a pretty good resource for that sort of thing. there's a list of united states statutes pertaining to human rights here, but it's not exactly a complete list. there are plenty of rights-violating laws that aren't listed.

    --
    #define F(x) int main(){printf(#x,10,#x);}
    F(#define F(x) int main(){printf(#x,10,#x);}%cF(%s))