Ever since Snowden's leaks in 2013 (and thank god for that), I have been operating on the assumption that basically anyone can get access to anyone's most private data. I am not on any social media and I am careful on what I write in emails and say on the phone. But other than that, there is absolutely nothing anyone can do to truly keep one's information private.
What if we passed a law forbidding government agencies from purchasing, accepting, borrowing, or trading for anything that contains personally identifiable cell phone location data? And make it a firing offense plus charged with a felony for any government employee that violates the law.
We "vote" with our contracts and purchases, but often the choice we're offered is to split from society or fall in line. Given the fundamental need to belong, it's no wonder the people who are winning are the ones who tell us we need the stuff they sell. And these people we keep giving our money to have tremendous power over laws, enforcement, and the courts. We've turned over "government by the people" to an insatiable oligarchy we have yet to adequately restrain.
Ever since Snowden's leaks in 2013 (and thank god for that), I have been operating on the assumption that basically anyone can get access to anyone's most private data. I am not on any social media and I am careful on what I write in emails and say on the phone. But other than that, there is absolutely nothing anyone can do to truly keep one's information private.
Without a single vote. That’s what is so scary. It’s anything goes.
What if we passed a law forbidding government agencies from purchasing, accepting, borrowing, or trading for anything that contains personally identifiable cell phone location data? And make it a firing offense plus charged with a felony for any government employee that violates the law.
I think that’s the right direction for @normeisen
We "vote" with our contracts and purchases, but often the choice we're offered is to split from society or fall in line. Given the fundamental need to belong, it's no wonder the people who are winning are the ones who tell us we need the stuff they sell. And these people we keep giving our money to have tremendous power over laws, enforcement, and the courts. We've turned over "government by the people" to an insatiable oligarchy we have yet to adequately restrain.