Tuesday, February 16, 2016

‘I have nothing to hide’ is killing the privacy argument

The newfound interest in privacy is similar to previous debates on the same topic. What causes outrage today is quelled tomorrow and then ultimately forgotten until something else stirs the waters.

In the 2000s we had Echelon and Carnivore, two covert programs used by government agencies to monitor communications.

Later, we had Julian Assange and Wikileaks helping to further the fight by bringing attention to similar programs.

More recently, it was Edward Snowden detailing the newest incarnations of government spy tools known as XKeyscore and PRISM.

Today, we have GCHQ fanning the flames, the NSA continuing its spying programs (only this time, with transparency) and politicians waxing poetic about the dangers of this newfound tool that facilitates terrorism, encryption. 

by Bryan Clark
read full article at The Next Web

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