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星期三， 2008年8月6日

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在可怕的事件2001年9月以後11日它沒有為在美國將通過的立法機關片斷很多時間花費，稱 愛國者行動. 那是外表被設計的大套法律幫助在與恐怖主義的戰鬥，以最初被忽略的，但現在廣泛被認可的』副作用』的減弱公民自由和忽視人權，當方便。

這詳盡的套法律通過了20天在攻擊以後。 當然，在那些20天不僅創造的法律。 反而，它在等待正確時間的抽屜被寫了許多歲月在已經之前并且是正義開會通過。 `正確時間』這裡是恐懼和恐慌狀態，將使通過這樣有爭議的法律成為可能。

這必須處理什麼我們和這個互聯網或者計算機有關的blog和站點？ 很好，因為它結果，相似的法律是已經被寫和等待是投下的`在互聯網』在一個主要安全事件的情況下在那空間。 看一看在 這裡這錄影勞倫斯Lessig召回一次交談與理查Clarke的地方，前美國政府反恐怖主義沙皇。 錄影是長的，但您只必須從4:30注意到5:55那。

Lessig要求Clarke，如果司法部有某事像愛國者行動， 「我愛國者行動」，如果您將，準備被申請於互聯網在「cyber-9/11情形下」。 Clarke反應了， 「當然他們。 并且 Vint Cerf 不會喜歡」。

您能也跟隨討論對此 這裡在Slashdot.

以愛國者行動許多得到了印象一些`鷹』在政府大概是相當感恩的為什麼在9/11發生了，因此他們最後有一個機會通過這些法律。 我不是入陰謀理論，并且我不相信美國政府有所有手在這些攻擊。 But one can’t help the impression that the event and the resulting fear and panic was certainly taken advantage of to get rid of some of those pesky human rights and civil liberties. Not even by all of the government, but just by some people within it.

I think in the case of the Internet the desire of the same type of people to limit its inherent freedom is even greater. These people don’t understand the Internet, or they fear that with the freedoms that it brings we are not as easily controllable anymore. And as we are removing ourselves from control and censorship, we are to be feared for our free will and opinions and ideas. Thus, a reason needs to be found to bring us back under control.

What forms will this take? Exhaustive monitoring of communication, gathering of data, possible bans on encryption, limits on what can and cannot be trasmitted over the Internet, etc. Basically, all the things the Patriot Acts did, just applied to the Internet. As we know now, the law for this is already written. Its proponents are just waiting for the right time.

On one hand, a security event in ‘cyper space’ is not going to as horrifying to most people as planes crashing into sky scrapers. But on the other hand, most people don’t understand the technology on the Internet anyway, they don’t understand that the Internet has the potential to change human civilisation in a profound and positive way. And because they don’t understand… well, there will be even less outrage about draconian laws being passed. In the end, it probably doesn’t take an event of the same horrific scale to get this new legislation through.

This is something to be very worried about, because we know that there is a Damocles Sword hanging over the Internet that we know and over the freedoms that it brings. And some people are just waiting to cut the string.

And before we get all high and mighty about this being a US issue only, and how we (in other countries) would never do something like this… well, get off your high horses! After 9/11 many governments in the western world had nothing better to do than to follow the examples set in the US and to willingly, even eagerly follow along with it. Because the very same people that passed those laws in the US also exist in other countries, of course. The same would happen again.

This is truly an issue affecting all of us.

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