Comments on The title conscious blog: The Nature of Wiretapping

this is scary stuff

2006-02-16T00:43:00.000-06:00

this is scary stuff

I fear the government, and yet the government prom...

2006-02-11T23:43:00.000-06:00

I fear the government, and yet the government promises 'liberty'. Free to fear THEM, I guess...

The history channel special is loads more candid. ...

2006-02-08T00:17:00.000-06:00

The history channel special is loads more candid. Cringely is a good journalist on technology matters.

The media debate has been mostly about the constitutionaly legality of the program. Oversight is terribly needed, I think, on more than one level.

Interesting that someone with such an agency backg...

2006-02-07T23:32:00.000-06:00

Interesting that someone with such an agency background, would be that candid.

Well, I don't really know much about it myself. T...

2006-02-06T19:54:00.000-06:00

Well, I don't really know much about it myself. Through the grapevine:

This week, a cyber-terrorism preparedness drill by the relevant departments, with the cooperation (or participation) of Microsoft, Cisco, Intel, Computer Associates (CA), and Verisign.

That's all I know. I wondered if you had read anything out there about it.

Something else needs to be perpetual, and no edie,...

2006-02-06T19:46:00.000-06:00

Something else needs to be perpetual, and no edie, I haven't... sounds interesting.

Just trying to show the worst case senario, it is ...

2006-02-06T19:25:00.000-06:00

Just trying to show the worst case senario, it is mathematically possible, since data mining and social network analysis are math based. The nature of this sort of wiretapping, like in the past accomplished with FISA, seems to require oversight. That's what I draw from the article.

The History Channel special is really good.

So it seems from Cringely's point of view, pattern...

2006-02-06T15:42:00.000-06:00

So it seems from Cringely's point of view, patterns will be found of conspiracy. And this data will be used to serve whatever purpose the government has, as evidence supporting the alleged necessity of the wiretapping itself, perhaps. Sounds like a wonderful frame-up in the making. Thousands of scapegoats (I won't say "us") might just meet in court someday, if we still have trials by then. It is certainly not something to be ignored. By the way, have you heard anything about a cyber-practice engagement happening this week? It is apparently going to be a big defense to-do.

Isn't a perpetual state of war just so convenient?...

2006-02-06T12:08:00.000-06:00

Isn't a perpetual state of war just so convenient?