Presumably all governments already consider themselves to have a green light for mass surveillance.
All the same, I do think it's possible for someone to take a lead in allowing their citizens privacy. And even if that isn't possible, surely there's virtue in a democratic discussion about the reasons we all have to be surveilled.
There's also the issue that the US government and other members of the five eyes appear to be egging each other on to ever more elaborate ways round local restrictions.
All the same, I do think it's possible for someone to take a lead in allowing their citizens privacy. And even if that isn't possible, surely there's virtue in a democratic discussion about the reasons we all have to be surveilled.
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2007/11/just-ask...
There's also the issue that the US government and other members of the five eyes appear to be egging each other on to ever more elaborate ways round local restrictions.