CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted on Facebook that he called President Obama to complain about NSA surveillance. “The Internet is our shared space,” he wrote. Most people and companies “work together to create this secure environment and make our shared space even better for the world. When our engineers work tirelessly to improve security, we imagine we’re protecting against criminals, not our own government.” The U.S. government should be the champion for the Internet, not a threat, Zuckerberg said.
"On the other hand, some level of surveillance is necessary because criminals and terrorists do use the Internet, Krishna pointed out. "You can't have a city without traffic lights.""
Except, we also don't, generally, place cameras in every bloody street, every building, and even bathrooms, all on the theory that we "might" catch some criminal or other with them. Hell, it isn't even legal, in the real world, to do surveillance in some cases, like public restrooms. But, it is, apparently, perfectly fine for some agency, almost certainly without a warrant, and, obviously, without even trying to secure help from, or inform, the people running the real servers, to hijack someone's business, to try to catch "possible" criminals.
Krishna is a bloody fool, regardless of whether or not Zuckerberg is also one or not.
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Zuckerberg Bends the President's Ear
Posted by: Richard Adhikari March 14, 2014 03:46 PMCEO Mark Zuckerberg posted on Facebook that he called President Obama to complain about NSA surveillance. “The Internet is our shared space,” he wrote. Most people and companies “work together to create this secure environment and make our shared space even better for the world. When our engineers work tirelessly to improve security, we imagine we’re protecting against criminals, not our own government.” The U.S. government should be the champion for the Internet, not a threat, Zuckerberg said.
Except, we also don't, generally, place cameras in every bloody street, every building, and even bathrooms, all on the theory that we "might" catch some criminal or other with them. Hell, it isn't even legal, in the real world, to do surveillance in some cases, like public restrooms. But, it is, apparently, perfectly fine for some agency, almost certainly without a warrant, and, obviously, without even trying to secure help from, or inform, the people running the real servers, to hijack someone's business, to try to catch "possible" criminals.
Krishna is a bloody fool, regardless of whether or not Zuckerberg is also one or not.