I am so embarrassed to be an American today. While still in the wake of the Edward Snowden revelations of massive illegal surveillance of U.S. citizens, and the recent celebrity data hacking scandal, FBI Director James Comey has the gall to publicly accuse Apple of aiding criminals by trying to provide customers with better data protection. He then asks for Congress to force Apple to provide a golden key for the government to use. What?!? Is that anything like a secret decoder ring in a box of Lucky Charms? The one golden key to rule them all? Im pretty sure Director Comey doesnt understand cryptography or the Bill of Rights at all. This comes on the same day that Twitter announces it is suing the federal government for threats surrounding surveillance request disclosures. Long before the Internet, the founders of this country understood that the only way to protect citizens from the bad guys was to also protect them from the good guys. It is time for us all to re-learn this lesson and make sure our government respects it. Law enforcement seems to have forgotten how they survived and did their job before Internet, before 9/11, and before due process became a running joke around the FBI water cooler. Director Comeys words and actions suggest he has no comprehension of any privacy line that is unacceptable to cross, so here is a visual to help everyone see the line: Government, you dont get to read or listen to my private conversations with friends and family any more than you get to put a video camera in my bathroom and watch me pee. If you have established probable cause, you are welcome to obtain a warrant and come personally collect my phone or computer from me just like in the old pre-internet days. I have nothing to hide, but that is beside the point. Thank you Apple, Google, & Twitter for fighting on my behalf to provide me with extra protection against hackers, thieves, and unfortunately some much needed protection against my own government. #RightToPrivacy Feel free to share this rant, if so inclined, or start your own. washingtonpost/world/national-security/twitter-sues-us-government-over-limits-on-ability-to-disclose-surveillance-orders/2014/10/07/5cc39ba0-4dd4-11e4-babe-e91da079cb8a_story.html?Post+generic=%3Ftid%3Dsm_twitter_washingtonpost
Posted on: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 03:38:47 +0000
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