Many libertarians, outraged by how our
government spies on us, call me a "traitor" because I'm not very angry. I
understand that the National Security Administration tracking patterns
in our emails and phone calls could put us on a terrible,
privacy-crushing slippery slope.
But we're not there yet.
Some perspective:
We are less closely watched by government than citizens of other countries. There are about 3,000 government security cameras around New York City, but London has 500,000.
Some people in London love that, believing that the extra surveillance deters crime and catches terrorists. I thought government cameras helped identify the Boston Marathon bombers, but Ginger McCall of the Electronic Privacy Information Center told me that those cameras provide an illusion of security at a nasty price.
http://washingtonexaminer.com/what-we-know-about-the-government-is-scary/article/2532648?custom_click=rss
But we're not there yet.
Some perspective:
We are less closely watched by government than citizens of other countries. There are about 3,000 government security cameras around New York City, but London has 500,000.
Some people in London love that, believing that the extra surveillance deters crime and catches terrorists. I thought government cameras helped identify the Boston Marathon bombers, but Ginger McCall of the Electronic Privacy Information Center told me that those cameras provide an illusion of security at a nasty price.
http://washingtonexaminer.com/what-we-know-about-the-government-is-scary/article/2532648?custom_click=rss
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