Comment by like_any_other
12 days ago
Secret trials to enact mass surveillance on an unknowing population (the original demand gagged Apple from talking about it) doesn't sound like a "functioning democracy" to me.
12 days ago
Secret trials to enact mass surveillance on an unknowing population (the original demand gagged Apple from talking about it) doesn't sound like a "functioning democracy" to me.
I don't know of any country with fully open governance.
There are always decisions or information which is kept secret/illegal to publish.
And which parts of that governance can be kept secret should be subject to continuous review. Openness must be carefully guarded.
"Fully open" is a strawman. These are not names of MI5 agents, or a list of active police investigations. This is a massive breach of privacy of every UK citizen, and forced recruitment of every company into a government informant, forcing them to lie to their users that they're being given privacy, whilst informing on them.
It is trying to keep the existence of the Stasi a secret.
I'd be willing to bet if the government had to pick between publishing the list of all spies names Vs having backdoor access to all Comms, they'd pick having the backdoor access.
Maybe there's a healthy middle ground.