Comments on: Reading Foreign Newspapers isn’t a Privacy Violation http://techliberation.com/2006/10/11/reading-foreign-newspapers-isnt-a-privacy-violation/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jim Harper http://techliberation.com/2006/10/11/reading-foreign-newspapers-isnt-a-privacy-violation/comment-page-1/#comment-55821 Jim Harper Wed, 11 Oct 2006 20:55:18 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/10/11/reading-foreign-newspapers-isnt-a-privacy-violation/#comment-55821 <p>"Gimmiement" - I like it.</p> “Gimmiement” – I like it.

]]> By: Jim Harper http://techliberation.com/2006/10/11/reading-foreign-newspapers-isnt-a-privacy-violation/comment-page-1/#comment-35490 Jim Harper Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:55:18 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/10/11/reading-foreign-newspapers-isnt-a-privacy-violation/#comment-35490 <p>"Gimmiement" - I like it.</p> “Gimmiement” – I like it.

]]> By: dennis parrott http://techliberation.com/2006/10/11/reading-foreign-newspapers-isnt-a-privacy-violation/comment-page-1/#comment-55820 dennis parrott Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:52:25 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/10/11/reading-foreign-newspapers-isnt-a-privacy-violation/#comment-55820 <p>normally I'm right there with the EFF when they take up an issue. this time they have it completely backwards. all that would have to happen is someone in our oh-so-unfabulous gimmiement (as in "mine, all mine, gimme!") to leak that they were displeased with certain papers, stories or writers based on the results of this assinine bit of tech and those foriegners would become instant rock stars! you would have handed them a great big badge that says "USA hates me!" and it will only magnify their impact.</p> <p><br></p> <p>no, what we need in our gimmiement are real analysts with real brains that are seriously engaged in reading what foriegners are writing and coming up with better strategies for achieving our ends in this world without unnecessarily pissing off everyone else who lives on this planet.</p> normally I’m right there with the EFF when they take up an issue. this time they have it completely backwards. all that would have to happen is someone in our oh-so-unfabulous gimmiement (as in “mine, all mine, gimme!”) to leak that they were displeased with certain papers, stories or writers based on the results of this assinine bit of tech and those foriegners would become instant rock stars! you would have handed them a great big badge that says “USA hates me!” and it will only magnify their impact.


no, what we need in our gimmiement are real analysts with real brains that are seriously engaged in reading what foriegners are writing and coming up with better strategies for achieving our ends in this world without unnecessarily pissing off everyone else who lives on this planet.

]]> By: dennis parrott http://techliberation.com/2006/10/11/reading-foreign-newspapers-isnt-a-privacy-violation/comment-page-1/#comment-35489 dennis parrott Wed, 11 Oct 2006 18:52:25 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/10/11/reading-foreign-newspapers-isnt-a-privacy-violation/#comment-35489 <p>normally I'm right there with the EFF when they take up an issue. this time they have it completely backwards. all that would have to happen is someone in our oh-so-unfabulous gimmiement (as in "mine, all mine, gimme!") to leak that they were displeased with certain papers, stories or writers based on the results of this assinine bit of tech and those foriegners would become instant rock stars! you would have handed them a great big badge that says "USA hates me!" and it will only magnify their impact.</p> <p>no, what we need in our gimmiement are real analysts with real brains that are seriously engaged in reading what foriegners are writing and coming up with better strategies for achieving our ends in this world without unnecessarily pissing off everyone else who lives on this planet.</p> normally I’m right there with the EFF when they take up an issue. this time they have it completely backwards. all that would have to happen is someone in our oh-so-unfabulous gimmiement (as in “mine, all mine, gimme!”) to leak that they were displeased with certain papers, stories or writers based on the results of this assinine bit of tech and those foriegners would become instant rock stars! you would have handed them a great big badge that says “USA hates me!” and it will only magnify their impact.

no, what we need in our gimmiement are real analysts with real brains that are seriously engaged in reading what foriegners are writing and coming up with better strategies for achieving our ends in this world without unnecessarily pissing off everyone else who lives on this planet.

]]> By: Jim Harper http://techliberation.com/2006/10/11/reading-foreign-newspapers-isnt-a-privacy-violation/comment-page-1/#comment-55819 Jim Harper Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:53:52 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/10/11/reading-foreign-newspapers-isnt-a-privacy-violation/#comment-55819 <p>Agreed. DHS is probably buying some tech/snake-oil - wouldn't be the first time - but what would we think if they <em>weren't</em> using open sources to make themselves aware of world affairs and nascent threats?</p> Agreed. DHS is probably buying some tech/snake-oil – wouldn’t be the first time – but what would we think if they weren’t using open sources to make themselves aware of world affairs and nascent threats?

]]> By: Jim Harper http://techliberation.com/2006/10/11/reading-foreign-newspapers-isnt-a-privacy-violation/comment-page-1/#comment-35488 Jim Harper Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:53:52 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/10/11/reading-foreign-newspapers-isnt-a-privacy-violation/#comment-35488 <p>Agreed. DHS is probably buying some tech/snake-oil - wouldn't be the first time - but what would we think if they <em>weren't</em> using open sources to make themselves aware of world affairs and nascent threats?</p> Agreed. DHS is probably buying some tech/snake-oil – wouldn’t be the first time – but what would we think if they weren’t using open sources to make themselves aware of world affairs and nascent threats?

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