full-disclosure - Re: AntiSec <3's nginx

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Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:58:44 +0100
From: mrx <mrx@...pergander.org.uk>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: AntiSec <3's nginx

Linval Thompson wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 12:50 AM, opt opt <opternaut@...il.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 1:21 PM, mrx<mrx@...pergander.org.uk> wrote:
>>     
>>> ii) One where there is no privacy and every action is logged tracked and
>>> traced by governments.(And we all know that governments have only the
>>> interests of the people at heart)
>>>       
>> Why assume the government and private sectors are all ethical? Almost
>> once a month there is another abuse of power story leaked to the
>> press. And the ratio of known/unknown cases of abuse is probably
>> pretty depressing. If you've ever worked at an ISP or a telecom you're
>> well aware of this.
>>     
>
> I think you missed that little bit of sarcasm in the "have only the
> interests of people at heart" part...
> (At least, i hope it was sarcasm)
>   

Thanks for the insight to those who responded.

And yes I was being sarcastic, I trust government(s) to do what they think is best to stay in power and control the populace, just as I trust corporations to do what ever it takes to gain and maintain a monopoly. I think there maybe more rocking horse shit than altruism out there.

As for a secure Internet this *may* only ever be possible if all governments join hands, break bread together, and agree on technology, standards and international/global law. So it's not going to happen in my lifetime or the life times of my great, great (repeat ad nauseum) great grand children either. Especially since most government standards come in pairs.

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