www/philosophy surveillance-vs-democracy.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       16/06/07 04:38:24

Modified files:
        philosophy     : surveillance-vs-democracy.html 

Log message:
        Minor rewrite.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.38&r2=1.39

Patches:
Index: surveillance-vs-democracy.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html,v
retrieving revision 1.38
retrieving revision 1.39
diff -u -b -r1.38 -r1.39
--- surveillance-vs-democracy.html      2 May 2016 10:33:07 -0000       1.38
+++ surveillance-vs-democracy.html      7 Jun 2016 04:38:23 -0000       1.39
@@ -246,14 +246,15 @@
 who they talk with.</p>
 
 <p>Internet-connected cameras often have lousy digital security
-themselves, so <a
-href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2221934/microsoft-subnet/cia-wants-to-spy-on-you-through-your-appliances.html";>anyone
-could watch what the camera sees</a>.  To restore privacy, we should
-ban the use of Internet-connected cameras aimed where and when the
-public is admitted, except when carried by people.  Everyone must be
-free to post photos and video recordings occasionally, but the
-systematic accumulation of such data on the Internet must be
-limited.</p>
+themselves, which
+means <a 
href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/cia-wants-spy-you-through-your-appliances";>anyone
+can watch what those cameras see</a>.  This makes internet-connected
+cameras a major threat to security as well as privacy.  For privacy's
+sake, we should ban the use of Internet-connected cameras aimed where
+and when the public is admitted, except when carried by people.
+Everyone must be free to post photos and video recordings
+occasionally, but the systematic accumulation of such data on the
+Internet must be limited.</p>
 
 <p><a name="privatespace"><b>*</b></a>I assume here that the security
 camera points at the inside of a store, or at the street.  Any camera
@@ -528,7 +529,7 @@
 
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