8 Aug
2006
8 Aug
'06
1:29 p.m.
On Mon, 7 Aug 2006, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Privacy would be my big problem, too. Not to make
this a political issue,
but I believe that if law enforcement wants your data, the online outfit
you're storing your data with is prohibited by law to tell you that they've
been snooping.
But, according to Mike Godwin, there is nothing in that law
(incompetent legislation?) that prohibits them telling you that
they have NOT been snooping. In response to a query from you
(login script?), they COULD select between two answers:
"Nobody has been snooping."
"Sorry, can't answer that."
There was an FBI memo that complained about lack of cooperation
on that law from librarians, saying "we are being kicked around by
'radical militant librarians'".
Check out the ALA (American Library Association) response:
http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/basics/basicrelatedlinks/radicalbutton.htm
If they want something of mine (although heaven only
knows
what), I'd prefer that they show up at my door with a warrant.
Back on topic!:
Ask Steve Jackson about that!
During Operation Sundevil (~thousand machines seized, NO arrests),
the Secret Service encountered discussion of "cyberdecks", which
would amplify your brainwaves to facilitate cracking computers!
They destroyed most of the assets of Steve Jackson Games before
they realized that "Gurps Cyberpunk" is a sci-fi fantasy game.
THAT, and the ACLU's admission that they were clueless about high
tech, lead to the founding of the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
I love my country, but that doesn't mean I always
trust the people
ruining it.
This is getting a little too close to politics.