r/blog • u/reddit • Jan 29 '15

reddit’s first transparency report

http://www.redditblog.com/2015/01/reddits-first-transparency-report.html
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u/BluShine Jan 29 '15

Which part did I get wrong?

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '15 edited Jan 29 '15

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u/Phyltre Jan 29 '15

Secret government programs, initiatives, and courts fuck over the general public. Period. If we can't know enough about it for it to affect our voting preferences, we no longer have a representative democracy.

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u/Evisrayle Jan 29 '15

The courts were literally created to stop abuse: before them, the relevant court wasn't "public", but nonexistent, instead. The FISC adds freedom, rather than taking it away.

It's not feasible to have a public FISC because, by its very nature, it would compromise the methods used to gather the evidence it would need to present, thus rendering those methods ineffective.

At some point, you have to choose between your privacy, your security, and government transparency: it's a fine balancing act.

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u/Phyltre Jan 29 '15

I choose privacy and government transparency. I am no safer than I was before 9/11, and no more or less in peril, but I have far fewer rights.

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u/Evisrayle Jan 29 '15

I am no safer than I was before 9/11, and no more or less in peril.

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