Geoff Stone, Obama's Review Group
Guido Witmond
guido at witmond.nl
Fri Apr 4 01:49:31 PDT 2014
On 04/04/14 06:25, dan at geer.org wrote:
> I fear we are on the edge of a rat-hole here. I forwarded Geoff's
> remarks as they are relevant, timely, and speak to the absence of
> simplistic nostrums in such matters, both because of the rising
> popular / political demand for comfort-and-safety and because the
> technologies that those charged with delivering comfort and safety
> use are COTS technologies. And dual use. Personally, I think of
> surveillance as just another tax, which you may safely assume is
> said through clenched libertarian cum Tea Party teeth.
Hi Dan,
I like your idea of comparing being spied upon to paying tax.
The similarities are striking:
Like tax, I prefer to pay the least amount.
Like tax, I can hire a professional that knows tax law inside out to
find the (legal) loopholes.
Like tax, it should be discussed in public.
Like tax, society should strive to minimize the tax-burden.
Like tax, we don't tax those to whom it doesn't apply.
Regards, Guido.
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