[71613] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [Fwd: [IP] Feds: VoIP a potential haven for terrorists]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Scott Francis)
Fri Jun 18 23:41:14 2004
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 20:40:50 -0700
From: Scott Francis <darkuncle@darkuncle.net>
To: nanog <nanog@merit.edu>
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On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 08:25:15PM -0700, randy@psg.com said:
> > they don't need more surveillance capabilities as much as they need to
> > better utilize what they've already got. More laws aren't the answer to
> > lack of success enforcing what's already on the books.
>=20
> We should not be building surveillance technology into standards. Law
> enforcement was not supposed to be easy. Where it is easy, it's called
> a police state. -- Jeff Schiller
"It is poor civic hygiene to install technologies that could someday
facilitate a police state." -- Bruce Schneier
Amen on both counts; couldn't agree with either quote more.
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Scott Francis | darkuncle(at)darkuncle(dot)net | 0x5537F527
The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill
the world with fools. -- Herbert Spencer
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