blog/data/2012-10-18-non-security.txt

   1 Title: The fight for freedom and privacy
   2 Tags: english, personvern, surveillance, sikkerhet
   3 Date: 2012-10-18 10:50
   4
   5 <p>Civil liberties and privacy in the western world are going down the
   6 drain, and it is hard to fight against it.  I try to do my best, but
   7 time is limited.  I hope you do your best too.  A few years ago I came
   8 across a marvellous drawing by
   9 <a href="http://www.claybennett.com/about.html">Clay Bennett</a>
  10 visualising some of what is going on.
  11
  12 <p><a href="http://www.claybennett.com/pages/security_fence.html">
  13 <img src="http://www.claybennett.com/images/archivetoons/security_fence.jpg"></a></p>
  14
  15 <blockquote>
  16 «They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
  17 safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.» - Benjamin Franklin
  18 </blockquote>
  19
  20 <p>Do you feel safe at the airport?  I do not.  Do you feel safe when
  21 you see a surveillance camera?  I do not.  Do you feel safe when you
  22 leave electronic traces of your behaviour and opinions?  I do not.  I
  23 just remember <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon">the
  24 Panopticon</a>, and can not help to think that we are slowly
  25 transforming our society to a huge Panopticon on our own.</p>