Espionage vs. Surveillance(schneier.com)
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Espionage vs. Surveillance
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/05/espionage_vs_su.html
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Having "transparent" bulk surveillance over large civilian populations of billions sounds like an oxymoron. It's sort of contradictory to the goals of it.
Yes, it still sounds "wrong" to me. Maybe the problem is in the way he's trying to explain it. He's clear about the espionage part and what the NSA should do, but not as clear about what the FBI/police should do. If it's going to do "surveillance" through warrants and such - then what's different about this model from what we have today?
How do you do mass surveillance with "probable cause"? The two just don't mix. Yes, I know NSA is trying to do that anyway with the so called "FISA warrants", but those also sound wrong and unconstitutional to me. A warrant isn't a warrant if they have surveillance power over everyone.
How do you do mass surveillance with "probable cause"? The two just don't mix. Yes, I know NSA is trying to do that anyway with the so called "FISA warrants", but those also sound wrong and unconstitutional to me. A warrant isn't a warrant if they have surveillance power over everyone.
Only trivial information will live in the clear. Transparency will come because secret courts and their secret warrants will only acquire cyphertext. Even metadata will become obscured in a fog of junk and misdirection.