[LINK] If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear
Kim Holburn
kim at holburn.net
Sun Jul 22 10:59:32 AEST 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc
It's very US centric but applies to Australia pretty well.
On 2012/Jul/22, at 10:34 AM, Jan Whitaker wrote:
>
> This one is critical. I watched a TED talk (I
> think it was) where the debate over privacy
> included a law enforcement person, probably a
> detective, who does investigations. Bottom line
> take-away: if you ever find yourself in front of
> a LEO, don't say much of anything but 'have a
> nice day' and call legal representation. His
> point was that you don't have a clue why he or
> she is asking the questions. You don't know if
> YOU are the target or just an innocent
> by-stander. People have an ingrained value,
> generally, to help the community, and police prey
> on that. It's just what they do.
>
> I was quite surprised at his revelation, but if
> you think about it, it makes sense. They are
> there to do a job, not protect YOU. In the main,
> police are nice people. They just view the world
> through a far different lens than us mere mortals
> with little power. And that's why these pushes
> for more and more surveillance and data
> collection (the current ASIO/AFP push) is dangerous.
>
> We live in a crazy mixed up world.
>
> Jan
>
>
>
> Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
> jwhit at janwhitaker.com
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>
> Our truest response to the irrationality of the
> world is to paint or sing or write, for only in such response do we find truth.
> ~Madeline L'Engle, writer
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