Monday, October 8, 2012

12-10-08 US: Privacy, or deprivation thereof


The Rights of Privacy in general, I tend to contain under other parts of the First Amendment with Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, and Freedom of Assembly, but also related to 4th Amendment rights as well.  Privacy in itself, is a relatively late construction, largely attributed to Justice Louis Brandeis, one of the Three Musketeers in the US Supreme Court, early 20th century, whose efforts contributed to the end of the Robber Baron Era. 

On the subject of Privacy itself, I have posted from time to time.
  • Recently, during a time of concern in SF, CA, regarding demonstrations against police brutality, wi fi was disconnected for several hours in many public spaces.
  • The NSA is now building the biggest ever spy center (below).
  • Warrantless GPS tracking of targeted individuals is commonplace.
What responsible members of society did:
  • The German Chaos Computer Club, at one time deemed by the German government "terrorist organization", launched a satellite for alternative internet communications.  
  • Others, in the US, have started working on managing local wi fi servers to create local alternative networks.  
  • Japanese and French have created networks for posting local radioactivity readings, independent of government sources, and 
  • Others (including moi), travel, present in international scholarly conferences, attend big local festivals, and communicate in person with People on the ground. 
The common civic duty or the People in the Robber Baron Revival Era, is to document the scope of the corruption!

jz

LINKS:
[1] The NSA Is Building the Country's Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say)_Wired

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Joseph Zernik, PhD
Human Rights Alert (NGO)   
* United States - the 2010 submission of Human Rights Alert to the Human Rights Council (HRC) of the United Nations was reviewed and incorporated in the official HRC Professional Staff Report with a note referring to “corruption of the courts and the legal profession and discrimination by law enforcement in California.”  
[1] 10-10-01 United Nations Human Rights Council Records for 2010 Review (UPR) of Human Rights in the United States, where Human Rights Alert (NGO) submission was incorporated with a note referring to "corruption of the courts and the legal profession and discrimination by law enforcement in California."
* State of Israel  - the 2012 submission of Human Rights Alert to the HRC, titled, "Integrity, or lack thereof, of the electronic record systems of the courts of the State of Israel', is scheduled for review in January 2013.
[1] 12-06-04 Human Right Alert's Submission;  2013 UPR of the State of Israel: Integrity, or lack thereof, of the electronic record systems of the courts of the State of Israel
[2] 12-05-10 Appendix I to Human Right Alert's Submission; 15th UPR - State of Israel: Integrity, or lack thereof, of the electronic record systems of the courts of the State of Israe
[3] 12-07-18 Human Right Alert's Appendix II to Submission; 2013 UPR of the State of Israel: Integrity, or lack thereof, in the electronic record systems in the courts of the State of Israel  -  Additional Responses by National Authorities/Experts, Re: ComSign, LTD - sole certifier and hacker of the digital signatures of the State of Israel
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