tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post591815956386842266..comments2024-03-29T10:51:27.752+13:00Comments on Not PC: Listen upPeter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-53043754879031966422013-05-11T12:49:41.616+12:002013-05-11T12:49:41.616+12:00This comment has been removed by the author.Daniel Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16610799189880417672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-36729387764927184332013-05-09T18:23:31.153+12:002013-05-09T18:23:31.153+12:00The US Government now has access to recordings of ...The US Government now has access to recordings of every telephone and cellphone conversation as a matter of course. This was admitted by an FBI counter-terrorism official in regard to the Boston bombing (see: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/04/telephone-calls-recorded-fbi-boston). Note we are not talking about wiretapping with probable cause, this guy admitted that every electronic conversation between every person is being stored and is available to the government. My guess is our government plans to do the same.Kiwiwithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10507667837257013301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-76171291736842954322013-05-09T15:00:17.614+12:002013-05-09T15:00:17.614+12:00Don't the real crooks use high tech unbeatable...Don't the real crooks use high tech unbeatable encryption anyway.<br /><br />WMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-64481425120987512272013-05-09T14:25:12.827+12:002013-05-09T14:25:12.827+12:00Hopefully, Kiwis will one day realize the governm...Hopefully, Kiwis will one day realize the government should be there to serve them, rather than that their existence is to serve the government. <br /><br />The trends are not good. But there is enough residual self-respect that politicians have to be careful to not go too far in their megalomania. <br /><br />Big Brother and 1984 loom large. The fact that NZ is actually pretty good compared with the horrors of some [most] countries is small consolation. <br /><br />The failure to recognize NZers own the place results in faulty ideas such as open immigration [Libertarianz policy]MauriceWinnnoreply@blogger.com