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From: |
Richard M. Stallman |
Subject: |
www/philosophy surveillance-vs-democracy.html |
Date: |
Sat, 5 Oct 2019 05:11:10 -0400 (EDT) |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Richard M. Stallman <rms> 19/10/05 05:11:10
Modified files:
philosophy : surveillance-vs-democracy.html
Log message:
Minor change to previous change.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.70&r2=1.71
Patches:
Index: surveillance-vs-democracy.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html,v
retrieving revision 1.70
retrieving revision 1.71
diff -u -b -r1.70 -r1.71
--- surveillance-vs-democracy.html 5 Oct 2019 09:10:08 -0000 1.70
+++ surveillance-vs-democracy.html 5 Oct 2019 09:11:10 -0000 1.71
@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@
whistleblowers
to <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/11/reddit-tpp-ama">tell
us what the state is doing</a>. (We were reminded of this in 2019 as
-various whistleblowers gave the public increments of information
-about <a
href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/09/27/trumps-ukraine-scandal-shows-why-whistleblowers-are-so-vital-democracy">Trump's
-attempt to shake down the president of Ukraine</a>.) However, today's
-surveillance intimidates potential whistleblowers, which means it is
-too much. To recover our democratic control over the state, we must
-reduce surveillance to the point where whistleblowers know they are
-safe.</p>
+various whistleblowers gave the public increments
+of <a
href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/09/27/trumps-ukraine-scandal-shows-why-whistleblowers-are-so-vital-democracy">information
+about Trump's attempt to shake down the president of Ukraine</a>.)
+However, today's surveillance intimidates potential whistleblowers,
+which means it is too much. To recover our democratic control over
+the state, we must reduce surveillance to the point where
+whistleblowers know they are safe.</p>
<p>Using free/libre
software, <a href="/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html">as
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
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