[Linux-aus] Seeking feedback - EFA Citizens Not Suspects campaign

[Wolfe, Robert]

On 6/12/2013 7:05 PM, David Lyon wrote:
> Very interesting. In the States they call this "building value" and
> it makes some sense to work on improving how computers work which in
> turn helps Industry.
>
> Here I think it's bought just to try to understand what (thought) plane
> the rest of the world is actually on. I doubt that there's any way to
> recoup the money spent on these technologies.
>

Unfortunately, here in the USA, it seems this "building value" is 
infringing on our rights as guaranteed under the 4th amendment of our 
constitution.  I was watching The Colbert Report today and saw where he 
mentioned that companies like Verizon were "building value" into its 
services by data mining and storing/sharing our phone records.  This 
also would apply to how ISPs here in the States are "building value" by 
turning in those users who use P2P networks for file sharing.  I know 
that this may be totally unrelated, but I just thought I would give my 
$.02 USD worth.