Privacy under attack: the NSA files revealed new threats to democracy

The Guardian ^ | 5/27/2014 | Eben Moglen

[NewHampshireDuo]

Thanks to Edward Snowden, we know the apparatus of repression has been covertly attached to the democratic state. However, our struggle to retain privacy is far from hopeless.

[NewHampshireDuo]

Found this via Bruce Schneier's blog (https://www.schneier.com/). Very long but well worth reading.

[Redcitizen]

Obama did say something about transparency in government.

[Mariner]

The author is informative but delusional.

The only way we'll get our privacy back is to kill those who would take it.

[Paladin2]

Pluse more. It,s bad.

[NewHampshireDuo]

Sadly, you are probably correct.

[mgist]

“The president can apologise to people for the cancellation of their health insurance policies, but he cannot merely apologise to the people for the cancellation of the constitution. When you are president of the United States, you cannot apologise for not being on Frederick Douglass’s side.”