Evoting and snooping
lundi 15 juin 2020 à 02:00OmniBallot, a system for voting over the internet, is insecure in all the usual ways such systems are. But it's even worse: it snoops on piles of the voter's personal information.
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OmniBallot, a system for voting over the internet, is insecure in all the usual ways such systems are. But it's even worse: it snoops on piles of the voter's personal information.
Suggestions for going beyond the bill proposed in the House of Representatives.
I agree with most of these suggestions, but the one for body cameras needs to be more selective. We want body cameras to record when there is violence but not when there isn't. If they recorded all the time, they would turn every cop info a surveillance system.
We can't depend on the good will of cops to turn the cameras on and off when they ought to be on and off. So I've proposed a technical system to do it automatically.
US citizens: call on the Senate to pass legislation to deliver direct aid to families who need it most, not more handouts to corporations and the rich.
US citizens: call on the CEO of Faux News to fire Tucker Carlson.
US citizens: call on Congress to go further against dangerous thug
practices.
Here's the message I sent:
I urge Congress to take stronger action against dangerous police practices. For instance, to entirely end the provision of military weapons and vehicles to police departments, and make them get rid of most of the military weapons and vehicles they now possess.
Each SWAT team must be used, to keep its skill up, and that means many opportunities each year for it to kill or wound. We should eliminate most of the SWAT teams, leaving just enough that one can reach any necessary location by helicopter in 90 minutes. Then they will be used only when that is truly necessary.
In addition, it is vital to put an end to no-knock and quick-knock raids at all levels of jurisdiction.