[governance] FW: [IP] NSA has direct access to tech giants' systems for user data, secrAnet files reveal | World news | guardian.co.uk

[michael gurstein]

So where does the "Technical Community" stand on these issues? (For example,
lobbying the US Congress re: the Patriot Act is hardly appropriate as the
response for a globally responsible and responsive community I would have
thought.)

M

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From: McTim [mailto:dogwallah at gmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2013 8:05 AM
To: Carlos A. Afonso
Cc: governance at lists.igcaucus.org; michael gurstein;
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Subject: Re: [governance] FW: [IP] NSA has direct access to tech giants'
systems for user data, secrAnet files reveal | World news | guardian.co.uk

On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 7:15 AM, Carlos A. Afonso <ca at cafonso.ca> wrote:
> Yes, as the centurion said to Christ while driving a nail through His
hands:
> "I am just doing my job, sorry!"
>
> Ah, the technical community...


Isn't it just a wee bit of a stretch to blame the TC for the NSA spying on
us?


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McTim
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>
> --c.a.
>
>
> On 06/07/2013 10:42 PM, McTim wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 6:56 PM, michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I can see how that would possibly be useful to US folks but I can't 
>>> see how it does much for the other 1.2 billion or so non-USian 
>>> Internet users.
>>
>>
>> Well it is the job of the NSA to spy on you.  Not defending it, just 
>> stating a fact that has been evident for many decades now.
>>
>>
>


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