I'm still hearing about the NSA "scandal". Sigh. >some people don't fancy being treated like a criminal When we ask people to remove their veils/masks/whatevers for photo IDs, we aren't treating them like criminals. This seems like the reverse of the "If guns are outlawed only outlaws will have guns" argument. If everyone's information is public, no one is being treated like a criminal. This would have the advantage of publicizing the same records of everyone who works at the NSA/FBI, lawmakers, etc. Radical Transparency isn't about giving more power to the elite, it's about spreading that same power to everyone.
More transparency, not less
More transparency, not less
More transparency, not less
I'm still hearing about the NSA "scandal". Sigh. >some people don't fancy being treated like a criminal When we ask people to remove their veils/masks/whatevers for photo IDs, we aren't treating them like criminals. This seems like the reverse of the "If guns are outlawed only outlaws will have guns" argument. If everyone's information is public, no one is being treated like a criminal. This would have the advantage of publicizing the same records of everyone who works at the NSA/FBI, lawmakers, etc. Radical Transparency isn't about giving more power to the elite, it's about spreading that same power to everyone.