I can't say it any better than Bruce Schneier did at Wired.
Too many wrongly characterize the debate as "security versus privacy." The real choice is liberty versus control. Tyranny, whether it arises under threat of foreign physical attack or under constant domestic authoritative scrutiny, is still tyranny. Liberty requires security without intrusion, security plus privacy. Widespread police surveillance is the very definition of a police state. And that's why we should champion privacy even when we have nothing to hide.
at least we can count on government ineptitude to keep this from ever happening.
I work for a large county library system - it takes a committee to decide what sort of toilet paper to buy. And in the meantime we're ripping up old reader's digest condensed books to get through the coming months, because we know that when they do decide on the generic Charmin, it'll be right after a budget freeze takes effect, and no orders will be placed till the next fiscal year.
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Too many wrongly characterize the debate as "security versus privacy." The real choice is liberty versus control. Tyranny, whether it arises under threat of foreign physical attack or under constant domestic authoritative scrutiny, is still tyranny. Liberty requires security without intrusion, security plus privacy. Widespread police surveillance is the very definition of a police state. And that's why we should champion privacy even when we have nothing to hide.
He and his daugther are writing a children's book.
I work for a large county library system - it takes a committee to decide what sort of toilet paper to buy. And in the meantime we're ripping up old reader's digest condensed books to get through the coming months, because we know that when they do decide on the generic Charmin, it'll be right after a budget freeze takes effect, and no orders will be placed till the next fiscal year.
Bleh. Fecking politicos.