Part of the issue with the census stems from a lack of trust in the government to properly utilize and safegyard the information. Its very easy to get a hold of someone's tax history, their social security number, their criminal record, address and other such information which should probably be confidential to protect against identity theft, fraud, stalking and other such issues.
Yet, the government does none of those things. It neither passes laws nor legislation to prevent corporations and information sharing services from giving out peoples private information for a fee. Nor does it appear to adhere to any protocols which are designed to protect peoples privacy to help ensure they do not become victims of identity theft, etc.
Therefore, it has shown itself to be untrustworthy and unreliable if not completely incompetent in terms of having or protecting such information. An example of information protection would be having the option of delisting your name, number & address from the phone book. Where's the modern implementation of this type of privacy protecction? It simply doesn't exist, and, people, generally respond accordingly.
The second issue stems from what a judge has recently ruled is illegal monitoring and electronic surveillance of US citizens done by government intelligence agencies, recently. It used to be that to get a wiretap they had to get a warrant and a certain amount of documentation had to be done.
Now, there are no such restrictions. Surveillance agencies are wired directly into ISP's and phone networks and can monitor and gather information without being regulated or monitored to ensure they do not abuse their power / authority.
And, the third issue stems from the census being a sign of the government taking steps to crack down in terms of taxes and other related areas. Almost as if US citizens were to blame for economic woes, job woes and issues relating to government monetary insolvency. Is that cool? Not really. Yet, here you are defending the government for its history of reacting both irresponsibly and inappropriately.
Why is that?
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Date: 6/4/10 23:05 (UTC)Yet, the government does none of those things. It neither passes laws nor legislation to prevent corporations and information sharing services from giving out peoples private information for a fee. Nor does it appear to adhere to any protocols which are designed to protect peoples privacy to help ensure they do not become victims of identity theft, etc.
Therefore, it has shown itself to be untrustworthy and unreliable if not completely incompetent in terms of having or protecting such information. An example of information protection would be having the option of delisting your name, number & address from the phone book. Where's the modern implementation of this type of privacy protecction? It simply doesn't exist, and, people, generally respond accordingly.
The second issue stems from what a judge has recently ruled is illegal monitoring and electronic surveillance of US citizens done by government intelligence agencies, recently. It used to be that to get a wiretap they had to get a warrant and a certain amount of documentation had to be done.
Now, there are no such restrictions. Surveillance agencies are wired directly into ISP's and phone networks and can monitor and gather information without being regulated or monitored to ensure they do not abuse their power / authority.
And, the third issue stems from the census being a sign of the government taking steps to crack down in terms of taxes and other related areas. Almost as if US citizens were to blame for economic woes, job woes and issues relating to government monetary insolvency. Is that cool? Not really. Yet, here you are defending the government for its history of reacting both irresponsibly and inappropriately.
Why is that?