> From: [email protected] [mailto:discuss- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Atom Powers > > When I had this discussion with my grandfather it came down to this: > > Everybody does little things that can be considered illegal, from driving over > the posted limit to fibbing on tax forms to possessing common drugs like > marijuana. If the authority knows everything about you then it is a very short > step for the politician in power, or somebody acting in their interest, to use > that information to "legitimately" silence his/her critics and opponents. > > I'm not so worried about the FBI reading my email. I /am/ worried about a > local government official deciding to use email metadata to silence or chill > debate.
+1 Nicely put. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
