Comments on: The Post wants to know who you are http://www.mckeay.net/2008/05/07/the-post-wants-to-know-who-you-are/ The views of one man on security, privacy and anything else that catches his attention Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:15:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Martin http://www.mckeay.net/2008/05/07/the-post-wants-to-know-who-you-are/#comment-1813 Martin Thu, 08 May 2008 13:36:23 +0000 http://www.mckeay.net/2008/05/07/the-post-wants-to-know-who-you-are/#comment-1813 Ben, Given the attitude of the current Executive Branch of the government, why should a paper like the WaPo care about the Constitution? I'm not sure I'd want to live in the America the founding fathers envisioned, but I'd be willing to go back to a pre-9/11 world where freedom and liberties were more important than securing us from some poorly defined threat called terrorism. I wrote a follow up to this post on a mailing list yesterday and I realized that one of the problems with this issue is that Mr. Brady is confusing one possible solution with the problem he's trying to solve. His problem is that he wants to stop 'flame wars' and inflammatory postings; the solution that he has in mind is verification of identity. There are a number of other possible solutions, but this is the one he has in mind as THE solution to the problem. He'd probably be better off hiring someone to do nothing review comments, but that's not the solution he wants to examine. And we in security never, ever confuse solutions and challenges, do we? :-) Ben,

Given the attitude of the current Executive Branch of the government, why should a paper like the WaPo care about the Constitution? I’m not sure I’d want to live in the America the founding fathers envisioned, but I’d be willing to go back to a pre-9/11 world where freedom and liberties were more important than securing us from some poorly defined threat called terrorism.

I wrote a follow up to this post on a mailing list yesterday and I realized that one of the problems with this issue is that Mr. Brady is confusing one possible solution with the problem he’s trying to solve. His problem is that he wants to stop ‘flame wars’ and inflammatory postings; the solution that he has in mind is verification of identity. There are a number of other possible solutions, but this is the one he has in mind as THE solution to the problem. He’d probably be better off hiring someone to do nothing review comments, but that’s not the solution he wants to examine.

And we in security never, ever confuse solutions and challenges, do we? :-)

]]> By: Ben http://www.mckeay.net/2008/05/07/the-post-wants-to-know-who-you-are/#comment-1812 Ben Thu, 08 May 2008 13:21:27 +0000 http://www.mckeay.net/2008/05/07/the-post-wants-to-know-who-you-are/#comment-1812 I typed my last too fast - meant to point to "freedom of the press" as guaranteed by the First Amendment, and when I said privacy, meant by way of anonymous discourse. I typed my last too fast - meant to point to “freedom of the press” as guaranteed by the First Amendment, and when I said privacy, meant by way of anonymous discourse.

]]> By: Ben http://www.mckeay.net/2008/05/07/the-post-wants-to-know-who-you-are/#comment-1811 Ben Thu, 08 May 2008 13:11:04 +0000 http://www.mckeay.net/2008/05/07/the-post-wants-to-know-who-you-are/#comment-1811 I find it particularly disappointing when Constitutionally-protected entities, such as this "journalistic" source (by way of the WaPo) gets upset when others exercise their Constitutional rights, such as to privacy. Boohoo - time for them to grow up and join the America that the Founding Fathers envisioned. I find it particularly disappointing when Constitutionally-protected entities, such as this “journalistic” source (by way of the WaPo) gets upset when others exercise their Constitutional rights, such as to privacy. Boohoo - time for them to grow up and join the America that the Founding Fathers envisioned.

]]> By: rybolov http://www.mckeay.net/2008/05/07/the-post-wants-to-know-who-you-are/#comment-1800 rybolov Wed, 07 May 2008 16:17:19 +0000 http://www.mckeay.net/2008/05/07/the-post-wants-to-know-who-you-are/#comment-1800 Hi Martin The Post have been spoiled brats for a long time because they have a one-way conversation with the power-brokers inside the Beltway. Yes, they take input from everybody, but when the paper comes out, it's entirely what the Post wants to say and how they want to say it. Allowing people to comment on articles shifts the power away from the Post and to anybody who cares enough to say something. There are many people inside Washington who have something to say anonymously about their leadership, what the Post says about their leadership, the current state of world affairs, you name it. Hi Martin

The Post have been spoiled brats for a long time because they have a one-way conversation with the power-brokers inside the Beltway. Yes, they take input from everybody, but when the paper comes out, it’s entirely what the Post wants to say and how they want to say it.

Allowing people to comment on articles shifts the power away from the Post and to anybody who cares enough to say something. There are many people inside Washington who have something to say anonymously about their leadership, what the Post says about their leadership, the current state of world affairs, you name it.

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