http://www.ultimateminority.com/2008/08/08/ipatriot-act-ready/ Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform - Mark Twain Sun, 30 Oct 2011 05:21:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ultimateminority.com/2008/08/08/ipatriot-act-ready/comment-page-1/#comment-16 rcj Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:33:15 +0000 http://www.ultimateminority.com/?p=120#comment-16 I would highly recommend reading Beyond Fear by Bruce Schneier to further understand why the Patriot Act is a bad thing. He has long worked in the world of information security starting with encryption algorithms and has developed a strong understanding of security. His primary theme is security is a always a trade-off, possibly more protection for more hassle / less freedom. He has some interesting insights about how people have different perspectives on security and how they use their agenda's to set policy. He discusses a concept of "security theatre", which where people want to make it seem like they are doing something valuable but actually making a bad trade-off. I would highly recommend reading Beyond Fear by Bruce Schneier to further understand why the Patriot Act is a bad thing. He has long worked in the world of information security starting with encryption algorithms and has developed a strong understanding of security. His primary theme is security is a always a trade-off, possibly more protection for more hassle / less freedom. He has some interesting insights about how people have different perspectives on security and how they use their agenda’s to set policy. He discusses a concept of “security theatre”, which where people want to make it seem like they are doing something valuable but actually making a bad trade-off.

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