I don't suggest a riot. I do believe in the rule of law, as a member of a democracy I need to accept that I will not always agree with the laws that are enacted. If we lived in China or somewhere else where there was no method to change laws that were unfair or unjust then yea I would support the civil disobiedence approach whole heartedly I do love my country, always have and I firmly believe in the concept of government by the consent of the governed. These rules were made by the people we choose, perhaps these were bad choices but they were are collective choices. Perhaps we should educate our user base so that in the future they make better choices. I suggest in an only half snarky way we just push out the standard DOD warning banner to them all. Since it now seems to apply... Below is a sample banner (IS is information System) By using this IS (which includes any device attached to this IS), you consent to the following conditions: -The USG routinely intercepts and monitors communications on this IS for purposes including, but not limited to, penetration testing, COMSEC monitoring, network operations and defense, personnel misconduct (PM), law enforcement (LE), and counterintelligence (CI) investigations. -At any time, the USG may inspect and seize data stored on this IS. -Communications using, or data stored on, this IS are not private, are subject to routine monitoring, interception, and search, and may be disclosed or used for any USG authorized purpose. -This IS includes security measures (e.g., authentication and access controls) to protect USG interests--not for your personal benefit or privacy. -Notwithstanding the above, using this IS does not constitute consent to PM, LE or CI investigative searching or monitoring of the content of privileged communications, or work product, related to personal representation or services by attorneys, psychotherapists, or clergy, and their assistants. Such communications and work product are private and confidential. Sam On 2013-09-06 10:14, Ishmael Rufus wrote:
So when do we riot? I've been waiting for months now.
On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 8:50 AM, Jorge Amodio <jmamodio@gmail.com> wrote:
The US government has betrayed the Internet. We need to take it back
Who is we ?
If you bothered to read the 1st paragraph you would know.
I read all of it, the original article and other references to it.
IMHO, there is no amount of engineering that can fix stupid people doing stupid things on both sides of the stupid lines.
By trying to fix what is perceived an engineering issue (seems that China doing the same or worse for many years wasn't an engineering problem) the only result you will obtain is a budget increase on the counter-engineering efforts, that may represent a big chunk of money that can be used in more effective ways where it is really needed.
My .02 -J