Slashdot Mirror
The Internet Society is Unhappy with U.S. Govt's Internet Spying Tactics
On September 9, The Internet Society issued a position paper in which it said the group "...is alarmed by continuing reports alleging systematic United States government efforts to circumvent Internet security mechanisms," and went on to say, "The Internet Society President and CEO, Lynn St. Amour, said, 'If true, these reports describe government programmes that undermine the technical foundations of the Internet and are a fundamental threat to the Internet’s economic, innovative, and social potential. Any systematic, state-level attack on Internet security and privacy is a rejection of the global, collaborative fabric that has enabled the Internet's growth to extend beyond the interests of any one country.'" Those are tough words from an international organization that usually spends its time bringing the Internet to people in out-of-the-way villages and sponsoring the Internet Engineering Task Force. You can join the Internet Society for as little as $0 per year, and possibly help beat back some of the U.S. government eavesdropping and encryption circumvention efforts. And if you can make it to San Francisco on October 2, you can attend a (free) Internet Society discussion. Meanwhile, today's Slashdot interviewee is Paul Brigner, the Internet Society Regional Bureau Director for North America, who talks about the Internet Society in general, as well as the group's reaction to the U.S. government's online surveillance.
Internet Society + EFF + ACLU + FSF + Wikipedia + Reddit + Slashdot + every place else that gives a shit = Internet Party candidates on the ballot in 2014-2020 in every single local, state and national election.
Republicans? Democrats? A pox on both their houses.
We don't have a state-run media we have a media-run state.
Good luck prying them away from their privileged, unsustainable lifestyles and getting them into the voting booths.
Seriously, if it can be done, that's great, prove me wrong, go do it. The world would be a better place. But it can't be done, because the people you are referencing are all talk and no action.
"We" is a lot of people, some that could be respectful, some that not. Also forced the maker of your locks to be able to be opened with a clip to make things easier for us, knowing that no "proper" thief would never figure that. And planted a few hidden bombs just in case we think that you are misbehaving.
Did we mention that we have to pay private prisons if we don't keep them nearly full? Is not that you would have to worry about that
The majority of internet traffic is P2P filesharing (bittorrent).
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