[ale] [OT] Liberties

[Chuck Payne]

Guys,

That why I said we need to start teaching our non-geek friends to use EFF.
 Now more than ever we need them.

Pup


On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 12:59 PM, leam hall <leamhall at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sean,
>
> I agree with the idea, but not the technicalities. If you send something
> over public wire/wireless, it can be read by anyone without warrant. If you
> put your social security card in the local paper then no one is prohibited
> from reading and storing it.
>
> On the other hand, if you take a picture on your cell phone and do not
> e-mail it, then it is protected as a personal effect. Once you send it,
> however, it is public record.
>
> Leam
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 12:48 PM, Sean Kilpatrick <kilpatms at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> **
>>
>> I must disagree.
>>
>> Facebook: Yes. That clearly is a public venue.
>>
>> Email: NO! The government has no more right to read my email without a
>> specific warrant than it does to read my snail mail.
>>
>> Let me quote the Fourth Amendment:
>>
>> "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers,
>> and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be
>> violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported
>> by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be
>> searched, and the persons or things to be siezed."
>>
>> Your smart phone is the same as my briefcase. In the 21st century,
>> electronic records are most assuredly "papers and effects." This paragraph
>> of the U.S. Constitution requires that the government at any level must
>> get a warrant before searching my electronic communications.
>>
>> How does the government get evidence on suspected criminals: Easy! Its
>> agents get a warrant, which must be specific as to the kinds of things
>> being searched for. The constitution could not be clearer: no warrant = no
>> search nor seizure.
>>
>> For further commentary on this issue (continuous surveilence by the
>> government on the entire population), please reread Huxley's "Brave New
>> World."
>>
>> Sean
>>
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> On Wednesday, August 21, 2013 12:02:16 pm leam hall wrote:
>>
>> > While I agree that the rule of law should be upheld, if you send an
>>
>> > unencrypted e-mail or post on Facebook you have given every agency in
>>
>> > the world permission to delve into your every affair. If you think
>>
>> > "the internet" is the issue, you know little about your insurance
>>
>> > company or those rewards programs. Or Amazon. Or Google. PJ's feeling
>>
>> > of violation is either misleading or very naive.
>>
>> >
>>
>> > How do you expect terrorists or criminals to be brought to justice
>>
>> > absent evidence? It's easy to assume the stupid criminals will be
>>
>> > caught on videocam but the dangerous ones also need to be tracked. How
>>
>> > do you propose doing that? How do you get evidence on them?
>>
>> >
>>
>> > Which is worse, to let your public documents be read or have a rapist
>>
>> > or killer brought to justice?
>>
>> >
>>
>> > Leam
>>
>>
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