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There is one VERY important line in this podcast, which is run by
and for spook lawyers. <br>
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<a
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/02/03/dea-v-nsa-the-podcast/">http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/02/03/dea-v-nsa-the-podcast/<br>
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That line is when they are discussing the DEA's way of surveilling
all Americans as they travel by using license plate readers all over
the place, shoving the data into a big database, and then mining it
as needed. On one hand, the Administrations have all claimed that
license plates are the opposite of something that can be protected
by privacy, as they are designed to go on the front of your car, to
identify it in public! (Aka, just like phone "metadata"). <br>
<br>
But one tiny voice in the room pipes up at the end. He says: "Ah,
but what is protected by privacy constitutional law is not the
license plate itself, but the LOCATION of the license plate.
Tracking me wherever I go is still unconstitutional."<br>
<br>
What they fail to also connect here is biometrics. Your biometrics
are freely available to anyone with a camera, as CCC has shown. But
they are possibly also covered by privacy law, when it comes to the
government creating a huge database of fingerprints, faces, or other
things.<br>
<br>
And of course, if you haven't read it, the White House posted this
today:<br>
<a
href="http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/02/china-cybersecurity-114875.html">http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/02/china-cybersecurity-114875.html</a><br>
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The biggest paragraph in it was this:<br>
<br>
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none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Finally, we believe
that nation-states have responsibilities in cyberspace, just as
they do elsewhere, to abide by certain standards of behavior. That
is why the United States remains deeply concerned about China’s
continuing and indisputable government-sponsored cyber theft from
companies and commercial sectors around the world for Chinese
companies’ advantage. The United States does not engage in these
types of activities. This behavior is adversely affecting the
fundamentals of the U.S.-China relationship, harming the ties of
our business community, tarnishing Chinese firms’ international
image, and at a broader level, undermining the basic foundations
of free and fair commerce. That is why China’s
government-sponsored cyber theft for commercial gain is not just a
U.S.-China issue. It is an issue of concern to countries around
the world. It needs to stop.</span><span style="box-sizing:
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"Or What?" China is asking.<br>
<br>
-dave<br>
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