Posted on 08/20/2013 6:43:43 AM PDT by xzins
Bagdad Bob only surrenders to little lies.
There’s an axiom in the IT industry.
Information wants to be free. It really does. It takes great effort to keep something a secret. Even moreso in the age of computers.
Alan Rusbridger, the Guardian editor-in-chief, has said that the destruction of computer hard drives containing information provided by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden allowed the paper to continue reporting on the revelations instead of surrendering the material to UK courts.
We will arrest your family, your friends, and your co-workers. We will take your property and destroy it.
And we will do it in partnership with other tyrants.
Our betters have indeed recognized the powers in Pandora’s box, and are looking for solutions. For now, brute force will have to do, and regardless of back ups and such, they are sending every one of us a chilling message, loud and clear.
Dear Lord, please share Your strength.
Send the UK gub’mint the bill for damages, replacement costs, lost data, etc. and sue if they don’t pay.
Do this in a very noisy public manner, which they can do as they are a news organization.
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