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At some point hitherto, rek2 hath spake thusly:
> I am really piss from some time to now...

I realize the author probably speaks English as a second language, but
I found this grammatical flub amusing.  ;-)

> other issues all related with system administration in the new USA,
> but I wont mention cause I don't want to start a discussion of what
> everyone thinks.. HEHE.

That's too bad, because I'd really like to hear your thoughts on this
subject, and I personally think such a discussion could be very
interesting and possibly quite informative.

I sometimes wonder if we're not heading for serious problems.  The
government and private companies all are increasing their focus on
data security and information assurance.  In the name of security, our
personal liberties are under attack.  Some politicians support key
escrow and/or banning strong encryption altogether, which is at odds
with both the goal of improved security, and with personal liberty.
Then there is also the threat of companies prosecuting their own
security personnel, under such circumstances as crashing servers while
performing host vulnerability scanning, or performing password
security audits, or security audits of any kind.  I have heard a few
stories about those kinds of things, and am concerned about that
becoming a trend (though I don't think I'd call it that yet -- so far
just a handful of anecdotes, which does not consitute a trend).

I have unseriously entertained the idea of leaving the country in the
past, but if I did, I don't know where I'd go.  I suspect each country
has its own reletive strengths and weaknesses from a liberties
perspective, but I also suspect that overall none really are better
than the USA.  And even if they were, the USA exerts quite an
influence on the world theater.  We've all heard of NSA's Echelon,
with listening posts in Australia, UK, and who knows where else.
And what country do you think is less inclined to snoop its Internet
traffic than the USA?  I'm inclined to think that on the whole, things
will be worse for those outside the country, because their own
government will be spying on them, as will the US government.

I largely think that personal freedoms will eventually go the way of
Orwell; because as evidenced by the DMCA and Senator Hollings's
malevolent bill of varying names, governments are controled by those
with the money, and personal liberty is not profitable.  Or, when it
is, it is not the monstrously profitable that mega corporations need
to thrive.  Corporations make their money by controlling something
(usually many somethings), which is in some ways perhaps the
antithesis of personal liberty.  Obviously I'm leaving many, many
holes in what I'm saying, being not in the mood to research and write
a graduate thesis on the topic...  ;-)

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