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Tainted data

Authored by: drorh on Friday, June 14 2013 @ 05:44 PM EDT

While one can understand why, in our modern world, the
government may need to tap the internet to protect against
terrorist attacks or to fight against cyber attacks, that
data must be treated as forbidden fruit - tainted data. It
must never be accepted as evidence in the court of law or as
an input to civilian procedure between the state and its
citizens and even non-citizens (if the US wishes to avoid
the backlash from the international community). If that data
is used to stop a terrorist activity or a serious crime then
it's just fine -- for the rest of the work, regular means
must be used. The law must be changed to formalize this but
that's the only way to maintain freedom, privacy and
security.

[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]

Too much data - Authored by: Anonomous on Saturday, June 15 2013 @ 04:37 PM EDT

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