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Hacker stalls Port of San Diego's video spy network
You also [wrote][1], "If it was obvious video surveillance was present, how many people would make a choice and not commit a criminal act in the first place?" That and your other comments show you miss the point entirely, or don't care about its importance. Authoritarian governments, such as ours is becoming, extend criminality to *identities* and *beliefs,* not just actions. One need only see how the current administration is redefining lawful immigrants as "illegals" and seeking to expand the [definition of libel][2] to cover legitimate criticism to see that your position offers no defense against such tactics, only encouragement. Why else haven't you condemned what I pointed out, that Border Patrol is already monitoring and harassing journalists and activists using the technology under discussion? In sum, your willingness to report me for no other reason than that the truth of your complicity stings, simply admits that your arguments are anti-democratic and cannot stand on their own. [1]: https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2019/feb/21/t… [2]: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/19/us/politics/cl…— March 12, 2019 4:20 p.m.
First public meeting on San Diego's surveillance via streetlight
So not only did they covertly spend over $30 million of taxpayer money on this system, but the police don't want any accountability for how they use it or for how it may exonerate taxpayers improperly accused or abused by them. That's the equivalent of "heads I win; tails you lose." And it's an unacceptable position of any public agency, but especially one given police powers and firearms. Nobody better turn this thing on until there's a genuinely independent and nonpartisan standing commission (*not* appointed by Kev-boy or his successors) like a grand jury to review what is seen by whom and under what circumstances. That includes the police, so that they can't just screen footage fishing at random.— March 12, 2019 10 a.m.
Hacker stalls Port of San Diego's video spy network
Oh, and about *this* article: Did the port pay the ransom, but the hacker reneged?— March 11, 2019 8:21 p.m.
Hacker stalls Port of San Diego's video spy network
The original context of this quote does not invalidate its relevance to literally the situation today, as historians have [pointed out][1]. Regardless, you've made it clear you're more than happy to have no one watch the watchers, to trust but *not* verify, as the [original article][2] was about the refusal of the police to make footage available. But I understand your psychological need to focus on the origin of the quote to distract from the obvious point. You're a "good German," JustWondering. [1]: https://www.npr.org/2015/03/02/390245038/ben-fran… [2]: https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2019/feb/21/t…— March 11, 2019 7:31 p.m.
Hacker stalls Port of San Diego's video spy network
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." –Ben Franklin— March 11, 2019 12:52 p.m.
Hacker stalls Port of San Diego's video spy network
I [was criticized][1] when the SDPD story broke on 2/22 for pointing out that the surveillance state is fundamentally incompatible with democratic society: "I sincerely doubt one of our basic 1st [Amendment] rights is in jeopardy by public right-of-way video. I completely reject your dystopian view of the future." Since then, [we've learned][2] that DHS amassed a database of journalists and activists covering border and immigration issues, monitored and intercepted them from doing their reporting and other perfectly legal activity. What needs to be rejected is not a view of the future, but the dystopian present. [1]: https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2019/feb/21/t… [2]: https://timesofsandiego.com/politics/2019/03/06/r…— March 11, 2019 11 a.m.
Irwin Jacobs' loyalist Todd Gloria gets his reward
The other legacy from Sunroad besides excessive height is [deficient parking][1]. Both are now the [accepted pieties][2] of [both parties][3]—Escobar-Eck's ultimate revenge [1]: https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2014/nov/12/c… [2]: https://timesofsandiego.com/politics/2019/03/04/s… [3]: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/the-…— March 6, 2019 12:17 p.m.
Secrecy cloaks SDSU's Mission Valley land deal
The "Mushroom Theory of Governance" in action: keep everyone in the dark, and cover them with manure.— March 1, 2019 10 p.m.
Linda Vista's Skate World, you're fine, now go away
It's worse than gentrification: it's the disintegration of any accountability by our public servants to the public they're paid to serve. Betrayals of our communities occur with numbing frequency, but the petty shamelessness of this still shocks.— March 1, 2019 8:31 p.m.
Clairemont braces for density
How cute, how clever! Eliminate public meetings, and disenfranchise actual community members by forcing them to compete with "input" funneled anonymously by fake accounts through a black box online. No more pesky Brown Act compliance worries, or transparency or accountability for what finally gets decided. Gosh, they sure got us fooled—they're just too smart for us! There *has* to be lawsuit for this: it violates [the first principles of the California Constitution][1], "The people have the right to instruct their representatives," and "The people have the right of access to information concerning the conduct of the people’s business, and, therefore, the meetings of public bodies and the writings of public officials and agencies shall be open to public scrutiny." [1]: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_di…— March 1, 2019 7:31 p.m.