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“In the name of security” update.
Posted by CelticBear on May 6th, 2008
A couple of items regarding removal of basic liberty due to misguided security. I’ll keep it brief; this stuff is pretty self-explanatory:
Warrantless search and seizure of your laptop at the border
♦ http://www.boingboing.net/2006/10/25/laptops-please-us-la.html
Well, at least there’s struggle against it:
♦ http://www.boingboing.net/2008/05/01/eff-and-security-exp.html
and then there’s this advice on how to try to protect your right to privacy:
♦ http://www.boingboing.net/2008/05/01/howto-keep-your-lapt.html
Big Brother wants to watch you even more
♦ CCTVs don’t solve crime in UK; Scotland Yard’s answer: more CCTVs!
♦ UK photographer chased down and detained for taking pix at fun fair
The punchline there is that the CCTV system was used incorrectly, or police power was–you decide.
I wonder if they’ll have school uniforms, and if so, if it’ll use brown shirts
♦ Homeland Security charter school will train tomorrow’s prison guards
There’s nothing wrong with training in emergency preparedness! Everyone should have courses in it. But do we really believe that’s the goal of these schools?
