The sick thing about this is that they named the two programs Edgehill [0] and Bullrun [1] after early battles fought in civil wars. I can't see how they will be able to maintain that this is still about terrorism or espionage from other countries. It seems to be nothing other than state-sponsored violence against citizens of the world; the bulk infringement of our right to privacy.
And did the whole security industry really not know what was going on? That's hard to believe. In general, I feel like my trust in the ecosystem has just been nuked from orbit.
Clearly a lot needs to be done to fix this. What kind of non-violent protest works? What kind of civil disobedience works? What are the best organic ways of organising people without getting shut-down? Do we have technology that is still secure, even if CAs are broken or even if hardware is backdoored?
It may be coincidence, but both Edgehill and Bull Run are locations in Virginia, where I imagine a lot of the DoD resides. I'm not saying they weren't named after the battles, but it's not like those names are exclusively related to civil wars.
And did the whole security industry really not know what was going on? That's hard to believe. In general, I feel like my trust in the ecosystem has just been nuked from orbit.
Clearly a lot needs to be done to fix this. What kind of non-violent protest works? What kind of civil disobedience works? What are the best organic ways of organising people without getting shut-down? Do we have technology that is still secure, even if CAs are broken or even if hardware is backdoored?
[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Edgehill
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Bull_Run