New Wave: You think because a radicalized few want to hurt us, to protect us, our government needs to monitor every American's email, phone, text and letters?
When the govt had the info before 9/11--they did not correctly interpret it to prevent the attacks. And 13 years after that attack, not much has changed, except for the extent and scope of the snooping--overriding our basic rights to privacy, which used to insure no snooping unless a judge somewhere approved a specific wire for a specific purpose for a specified amount of time.
Forcing tech companies to build back doors into every device, software and hardware is simply crazy. International buyers will shun American products if they know they contain "back doors" for snoops.
There is already a growing suspicion American made tech products have avenues for monitoring by the government and as a result, secret info on American competitors overseas is being used for US advantages. That is the kiss of death.
As far as proper oversight by elected officials--that is the biggest joke of all. The simple fact is, if someone has access to private info, it will be misused--i.e., NSA employees monitoring wives, girlfriends and neighbors to see if they are cheating. That is on the low end of the scale. The high end is still classified.
The NSA, CIA and many other intelligence agencies have repeatedly lied to Congress and the President. We have now surpassed East Germany for the title of the most surveilled citizenry in history.
IMO, Wave does not and should not join in the compliant company of corporations bowing to govt snoop pressure to install easily outwitted software and hardware. Would anyone buy a set of door locks from a company, if they knew their local or state govt would be given a set of keys?
Wave should, IMO, concentrate on its core mission of providing security with no back doors, no secret code unlocks, etc. Just the fact Wave is currently being led by two former generals creates suspicion about Wave's independence from govt. snooping efforts.
Already, with GPS, weather apps, etc.--our phone companies can monitor where we are at any given moment. Unfortunately, that data is being stored somewhere and is available to govt agencies with little or no oversight.
Snooping by our government under the guise of protecting us is eroding our personal liberties and IMO, is unnecessary. Real intelligence work uses humans to detect who the dangerous ones are.
The flow of data is now so huge, clues to coming attacks will only be detected after the fact--no matter how powerful the super computers used to sift this data are.
If Wave is to claim an international market, it must lay to rest the suspicions it acts as a US govt agent and allows snoops to sift the data being protected by Wave.
The ridiculousness factor is high when the govt make it illegal for companies to tell its clientele the govt is seeking info. This is the path to totalitarianism, IMO. Wave should want no part in it, or whatever small chance the company has to be prosperous, will be further and possibly fatally compromised, IMO.
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