The fact a particular terrorist plot did or did not use particular tools or technology tells us nothing about that technology
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Replying to @benedictevans
If you want to persuade the public, making assertions that presuming your fringe political stance is universal will lose immediately
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Replying to @benedictevans
Many people are vague concerned about privacy and government surveillance. Very few fear that a particular measure is a step towards tyranny
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Replying to @benedictevans
When tech people say 'we're protecting privacy', that often comes across as 'we won't let the police do x because we don't want to'
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Replying to @benedictevans
And the public sees an arrogant technologist citing what seem like fringe and naive politics to defy public interest in law enforcement
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Replying to @benedictevans
@BenedictEvans: it's surprising to me that more folks don't point out the effectiveness of non-wiretap methods vs. bulk surveillance1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @slightlylate
@slightlylate because it's silly. Essentially you're arguing that reading people's emails doesn't work. fails the common sense test3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @benedictevans
@BenedictEvans@slightlylate closing borders "works" in common sense test as well. Not necessarily a good idea though1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @vivainio
@vivainio: sure, but this is about messaging vs. reality. Reality is that bulk surveillance hasn't been shown to work. /cc@BenedictEvans1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @slightlylate
@slightlylate@vivainio I'm afraid that's another technologist argument I have no time for. You have no way to know that and the NSA does.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@BenedictEvans @vivainio: again, agree it might not work optically but this is the heart of the matter.
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