tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289419382004385953.post2122849030155969147..comments2023-06-26T06:18:23.102-07:00Comments on The Big Knowledge: Should We Rely On Incompetence to Safeguard Our Civil Liberties? Or: How to Build a Better Call TrapMatt Gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17238193691265313178noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289419382004385953.post-86392469574576596362013-06-25T10:13:17.938-07:002013-06-25T10:13:17.938-07:00Good points. In theory, you have more redress with...Good points. In theory, you have more redress with a private company, since you have the power to terminate the contract and switch to another company (wait! there all in it together!) You can't quite terminate your citizenship as easily (unless your name is Edward Snowden). Yes, we trust private companies to stand in the way of the government.<br /><br />There is a precedence in libels cases-- where a plaintiff claims the need to discover a poster's identity, and the ISP can appeal the warrant based on CDA 230 immunity (I'm using a big legal words I haven't used in a while, so pardon me if this doesn't hold up in court.)<br /><br />Somewhat related, my sense is that people's default approach is: "I will give you my data, you will give me free stuff, and I will figure out later whether you are taking advantage of me, and then register my anger then..." <br /><br />People sign on to a new social media service because it's very useful, and then they ignore the data-mining capabilities until it becomes large enough, or is otherwise acquired by Facebook / Google / Yahoo, and all of a sudden they get spooked the service was intending to datamine them all along. <br /><br />GarfJon Garfunkelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05443918919023615171noreply@blogger.com