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+<title>Surveillance Testimony - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
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+<h2>Surveillance Testimony</h2>
+
+<p><em>Richard Stallman's statement to the Cambridge City Council, Jan 22, 
2018,
+about the proposed Cambridge surveillance ordinance.</em></p>
+<hr class="thin" />
+
+<p><strong>Mayor McGovern:</strong> Thank you. Richard Stallman followed by 
Elaine DeRosa.</p>
+
+<p><strong>RMS:</strong> I'm here to speak about the proposed surveillance 
ordinance.
+I've got a copy of what I printed out, and I have some suggestions.</p>
+
+<p>First of all there's a Definition of &ldquo;surveillance&rdquo; which I 
think is
+too narrow. In addition to &ldquo;movements, behavior and actions,&rdquo; it
+should include communications.</p>
+
+<p>Furthermore, instead of just saying &ldquo;in a matter that is reasonably
+likely to raise concerns,&rdquo; any recording of what is observed should be
+assumed to raise civil liberties concerns.</p>
+
+<p>There's also a definition of &ldquo;surveillance technology&rdquo;, which I 
think is
+far too limited.</p>
+
+<p>I suggest that any physical device or system including computers running
+software that has surveillance capability is surveillance technology.
+Any technology that can do surveillance is surveillance technology.</p>
+
+<p>The definition of &ldquo;surveillance capability&rdquo; I think is pretty 
good.</p>
+
+<p>In addition, when it comes to what to do about surveillance
+technology, the Emergency Permission seems far too loose. It would be
+easy to interpret this such that one could decide there's nowadays
+some sort of threat, and there always will be [that threat], so
+surveillance is permitted on an emergency basis forever.</p>
+
+<p>Well, that's the kind of false emergency that we shouldn't accept.
+This requirement should be specific and clear enough that that can't
+pass under it.</p>
+
+<p>I suggest treating it like a wiretap or searching people's houses.</p>
+
+<p>Now there are times when it's possible to search someone's house
+urgently. That's permitted. But in general you have to get a court
+order [to do a search].</p>
+
+<p>And I think that same requirement should apply to any kind of surveillance
+that hasn't gone through the regular process.</p>
+
+<p>[Item] number 9 talks about &ldquo;persons injured in violation of the 
Ordinance&rdquo;,
+but I don't think there's a definition of what it means to be injured.</p>
+
+<p>I'd like to suggest that to be surveilled is to be injured.</p>
+
+<p>Thank you.</p>
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