Comsec as Public Utility Beyond Illusory Privacy
rysiek
rysiek at hackerspace.pl
Thu Mar 13 07:55:57 PDT 2014
Hi there,
Dnia czwartek, 13 marca 2014 09:59:24 John Young pisze:
> (...)
> Freedom of comsec, say, as a new entry in the US Bill of Rights
> could lead the way for it to be a fundamental element of Human
> Rights.
You had me up until this part.
We don't need it. We have the secrecy of correspondence in most democratic
countries:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secrecy_of_correspondence
Well, the US kind of needs to get it into the Bill of Rights, maybe, but not
as "comsec", but as plain old "secrecy of correspondence".
Why? Because instead of creating a new "cyber"/"comsec" right, it's high time
we uphold the rights we already have. Otherwise, once a new technology comes,
we will have to fight this fight all over again -- as this will no longer be
"comsec", but (say) "quantumsec".
Again, where we have secrecy of correspondence already -- let's enforce it;
where it is not there, it needs to be implemented and enshrined in law. But
only as a general rule of "secrecy of correspondence", not as "comsec", not as
"postal secrecy", not as "telephone privacy", as otherwise we will have the
same discussion in 5-10 years all over again.
--
Pozdr
rysiek
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