RE: Assange Visited by UN Special Rapporteur on Privacy, Saying "I will act on the videos of Assange’s meetings in the embassy"
I am happy to see that some action is being undertaken to push back against the panopticon inspecting all our minutiae incessantly.
I don't see that it will end, but I am confident that the hackers of the world will contrive to end the proprietary possession of the data, and that will be a good thing, because at least we'll know what is known about us, and perhaps inspire us to ourselves utilize similar means of surveilling our oppressors. I reckon little else will better enable us to gain some bit of sovereignty in a world so hostile to freedom.
"...meetings with legal counsels are usually not subjected to monitoring."
I don't believe this is true. While such information forthcoming from illegal surveillance is unlikely to be specifically used in legal actions, it is well known to be used to preface surveillance that can be legally justified - were it not instigated by illegal surveillance to begin with. Insider trading is far more common than is suspected, and many means of using illegally obtained information cryptically are potential.
Thanks!
Yeah, I had thought of decentralized surveillance in a society. Everyone has cameras and you own yours, and then any misbehavior by authorities can be captured. As a community, you want the best from it, so you help to keep an eye, removing the power form centralized authorities to do the watching. Also, public ledgers for all governmental operations, then when anything needs to be known, it can be. Anyone can be checking up on government to make sure they are being straight.
It is difficult to grasp the potential of OS surveillance and DLTs making it publicly auditable to restrain corruption and abuse, but that potential is paradigm changing. There are relatively few people that might be willing to continue dedicated support for agents and agencies that profit from criminal predation on the public, so enabling the proof of that activity has enormous potential to improve our situation.
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