progression of technologies

[Travis Biehn]

Theory: In-Q-Tel funds - pushing the envelope means having opportunity to
fund more stuff that breaks the new, harder stuff. Some opponents use the
harder stuff already, it's just harder to fund if it's not widespread.

The article reaches a bit in drawing conclusions, and offers little
support. The picture painted is of a coherent judicial system - the
opposite is true, each state even municipality treats the novel application
of surveillance technology differently, holds different standards for
'public / private' and when, where and how you can expect privacy. Notable
are the ways different courts treat cases of indecent exposure, when that
exposure occurs on 'private property' (such as in an open window).

The point illustrated, though, is valid - some clarity around what
constitutes a 'search' beyond 'privacy mores in vogue' needs to be provided
and codified, otherwise the US risks allowing widespread complacency to
further continue the erosion of privacy.

-Travis


On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 11:05 PM, Juan <juan.g71 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 26 Jun 2015 01:22:17 +0900
> Lodewijk andré de la porte <l at odewijk.nl> wrote:
>
> > 2015-06-25 21:44 GMT+09:00 z9wahqvh <z9wahqvh at gmail.com>:
> >
> > > this is absolutely tremendous, original, and insightful. in my
> > > opinion.
> >
> >
> > This is exceedingly strange coming from an In-Q-Tel security officer.
>
>
> Hancock:        Mr. Franklin, where do you stand on the war issue?
>
> Franklin:       I believe that if we are to form a new country, we
> cannot be a country that appears war-hungry and violent to the rest of
> the world. However, we also cannot be a country that appears weak and
> unwilling to fight to the rest of the world. So, what if we form a
> country that appears to want both?
>
> Jefferson:      Yes. Yes of course. We go to war, and protest going
> to war at the same time.
>
> Dickinson:      Right. If the people of our new country are allowed
> to do whatever they wish, then some will support the war and some will
> protest it.
>
> Franklin:       And that means that as a nation, we could
> go to war with whomever we wished, but at the same time, act like we
> didn't want to. If we allow the people to protest what the government
> does, then the country will be forever blameless.
>
> Adams:
> [holding a slice of chocolate cake] It's like having your cake, and
> eating it, too.
>
> Congressman 2:  Think of it: an entire nation
> founded on saying one thing and doing another.
>
> Hancock:        And we
> will call that country the United States of America.
>
>
>


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