Comments on: NSA Spying. Who’s to Blame? http://techliberation.com/2006/05/12/nsa-spying-whos-to-blame/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Fri, 25 May 2012 13:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Commons Music http://techliberation.com/2006/05/12/nsa-spying-whos-to-blame/comment-page-1/#comment-52594 Commons Music Fri, 12 May 2006 22:46:40 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/05/12/nsa-spying-whos-to-blame/#comment-52594 <p>...unless, of course, the government <a href="http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2006_04.php#004613" rel="nofollow">shuts down the lawsuit</a>. Funny how that works, huh?<br></br><br><br><br>My favorite part of the government's letter in response is where it says that saying this should be a secret is not an admission that there is anything to be secretive about.</br><br></br><br><br><br>Classic.<br></br></p> …unless, of course, the government shuts down the lawsuit. Funny how that works, huh?



My favorite part of the government’s letter in response is where it says that saying this should be a secret is not an admission that there is anything to be secretive about.



Classic.

]]> By: Commons Music http://techliberation.com/2006/05/12/nsa-spying-whos-to-blame/comment-page-1/#comment-33442 Commons Music Fri, 12 May 2006 21:46:40 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/05/12/nsa-spying-whos-to-blame/#comment-33442 <p>...unless, of course, the government <a href="http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2006_04.php#004613" rel="nofollow">shuts down the lawsuit</a>. Funny how that works, huh?<br /><br /></p> <p>My favorite part of the government's letter in response is where it says that saying this should be a secret is not an admission that there is anything to be secretive about.<br /><br /></p> <p>Classic.</p> …unless, of course, the government shuts down the lawsuit. Funny how that works, huh?

My favorite part of the government’s letter in response is where it says that saying this should be a secret is not an admission that there is anything to be secretive about.

Classic.

]]> By: Tim http://techliberation.com/2006/05/12/nsa-spying-whos-to-blame/comment-page-1/#comment-52593 Tim Fri, 12 May 2006 21:22:11 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/05/12/nsa-spying-whos-to-blame/#comment-52593 <p>Isn't this a case where actions like <a href="http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/att/" rel="nofollow">EFF's lawsuit against AT&T;</a> are a legitimate reaction by consumers to deception by a private company? One of the big advantage of entrusting our private data to private companies is that private companies don't have sovereign immunity. So we can use the court system to (at a minimum) expose and (possibly) deter private companies from being too lax about protecting our privacy.</p> Isn’t this a case where actions like EFF’s lawsuit against AT&T; are a legitimate reaction by consumers to deception by a private company? One of the big advantage of entrusting our private data to private companies is that private companies don’t have sovereign immunity. So we can use the court system to (at a minimum) expose and (possibly) deter private companies from being too lax about protecting our privacy.

]]> By: Tim http://techliberation.com/2006/05/12/nsa-spying-whos-to-blame/comment-page-1/#comment-33441 Tim Fri, 12 May 2006 20:22:11 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/05/12/nsa-spying-whos-to-blame/#comment-33441 <p>Isn't this a case where actions like <a href="http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/att/" rel="nofollow">EFF's lawsuit against AT&T</a> are a legitimate reaction by consumers to deception by a private company? One of the big advantage of entrusting our private data to private companies is that private companies don't have sovereign immunity. So we can use the court system to (at a minimum) expose and (possibly) deter private companies from being too lax about protecting our privacy.</p> Isn’t this a case where actions like EFF’s lawsuit against AT&T are a legitimate reaction by consumers to deception by a private company? One of the big advantage of entrusting our private data to private companies is that private companies don’t have sovereign immunity. So we can use the court system to (at a minimum) expose and (possibly) deter private companies from being too lax about protecting our privacy.

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