-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [ NNSquad ] CSU police official calls for colleges to monitor students online Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:52:25 -0700 From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com> To: nnsquad@nnsquad.org CSU police official calls for colleges to monitor students online http://j.mp/ofsE9r (California Watch) "Morris acknowledged that there are flaws in his proposal, the most significant being that universities do not know what data signifies a threat. "Once you've got information, what do you do with that?" Morris said. "I don't know what the volume would be. I don't know what the data would look like."" - - - I don't know why Lt. Michael Morris is stopping with online surveillance! We can put cameras and mics in the dorm rooms, too! And why stop at students? Think of all the crimes we can stop (and other goodies we can collect!) if everyone's email, houses, bedrooms, and cars were monitored at all times! We can collar those pesky freedom of speech protesters too before they get in the way! And the Occupy Wall Street groupies. And religions we don't like! And people of the wrong color! And people who speak Spanish! Wear flip-flops to work! Overdue library books! Left-handed persons! People that have sex! And so on! I have an idea, Lt. Morris. Stick with handing out parking tickets. Your constitutional credentials are on par with the old Soviet KGB. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com