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French Version of 'Patriot Act' Becomes Law
Taco Cowboy writes: Thanks to the Charlie Hebdo massacre and other instances of terrorism, the French legislature has voted 438 to 86 in favor of the "Intelligence Service Bill," essentially a French version of the Patriot Act. It awards the French intelligence services sweeping powers to tap and intercept any kind of digital correspondence, including phone conversations, emails, and social media.
The bill decrees that hosting providers and Internet service providers in France must be equipped with a "black box" that can retain all digital communications from customers. "The new law would create a 13-member National Commission to Control Intelligence Techniques, which would be made up of six magistrates from the Council of State and the Court of Appeals, three representatives of the National Assembly, three senators from the upper house of Parliament and a technical expert. ... The only judicial oversight is a provision that allows the commission to lodge a complaint with the Council of State, but lawyers are doubtful that it could be convened on a routine basis." We previously discussed news that ISPs may leave France in protest if the bill was passed. Now we'll know shortly if those ISPs will live up to their word.
The bill decrees that hosting providers and Internet service providers in France must be equipped with a "black box" that can retain all digital communications from customers. "The new law would create a 13-member National Commission to Control Intelligence Techniques, which would be made up of six magistrates from the Council of State and the Court of Appeals, three representatives of the National Assembly, three senators from the upper house of Parliament and a technical expert. ... The only judicial oversight is a provision that allows the commission to lodge a complaint with the Council of State, but lawyers are doubtful that it could be convened on a routine basis." We previously discussed news that ISPs may leave France in protest if the bill was passed. Now we'll know shortly if those ISPs will live up to their word.
islam has, as part of its philosophy (if you call it that; its hardly a 'love of mankind'!) that everyone on the earth HAS to convert to islam. they may not say that to your face in english on camera, but its there and they all know it.
there are 'temporary peaces' where they regroup to refight you again. there is NEVER a perma peace. they do not want it and they will not accept it.
basically, I hate saying this but this religion is toxic to the earth and should be removed.
how long do you want to give them to westernize and 'live and let live' ? how much more do you want to endure while they 'teach' us what's really on their mind?
no one wants bloody wars, but a slow perma-war is much worse, isn't it?
does anyone seriously believe that islam will modernize? hell, name ANY religion that has changed even one bit since its creation. you can't expect any religion (which is mostly based on non-facts and non-provable things) to 'grow up'. the thing is, most religions are not hell-bent (..) on making everyone on the planet the same as you. christianity IS like that, but they at least won't go to the same extremes; they'll bug the hell out of you and try to enact laws to favor their own views but they rarely try to KILL you. islam is not like that; killing to convert is part of their way.
we have 3 things we can do: 1) nothing, 2) accept our defeat and just put up with this continual set of attacks, 3) man-up to the conflict and fight it to the end.
do you see a #4? I really don't. sooner or later, we will have to deal with this with #3. the question is: how much more destruction of OUR way of life are we willing to tolerate in order to avoid #3?
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"It is now safe to switch off your computer."
Reactionary was the word we used to describe this sort of behavior.
A man doesn't need anything but his hands, feet, eyes, and a gun to kill blasphemers. Surveillance is irrelevant. They're making the same damned mistake we did, confusing power and the all-seeing eye with safety. They'll use this to round up Muslims, same as the US does. Innocence or guilt is irrelevant. They'll go into holes for life or get blown up real good.
The questions remains: who will protect us from the people spying on us? The people behind the spy eyes will change over time. The may even become the people who want to shoot you for blasphemy. Ever think of that? In Saudi Arabia, the all-seeing eye will be on the lookout for women driving cars. In North Korea, they'll be looking out for anyone they damned well want to kill. In South America, for anyone challenging the wealthy's control. In America, straight up they're looking for anyone who dares challenge corporate power - no more draconian surveillance was used here than when Occupy managed to gain some attention. The US managed an unprecedented surveillance and pre-crime arrest sweep during Occupy, showing what secret surveillance was really good for: control of the status quo,.
Oh well, freedom was nice while it lasted.