http://boingboing.net/2011/12/29/state-of-the-arms-race-between.html
"They concluded by talking about how Western governments' insistence on "lawful interception" back-doors in network equipment means that all the off-the-shelf network gear is readymade for spying, so, again, the Syrian secret police and the Iranian telcoms spies don't need to order custom technology that lets them spy on their people, because an American law, CALEA, made it mandatory that this technology be included in all the gear sold in the USA."
Oh body, this is scary stuff. If the Internet is not free for people to speak their minds, then it becomes useless for anything but business transactions, which, come to think of it, is probably what Big Business wants. There is a battle between free-speech advocates and those who don't like free speech. I'd like to thank Tor and all those who are working on the side of free speech.
Internet Collective Action is people organizing in a nonhierarchical manner to accomplish a particular goal. The reward is in the doing, and how much or how little anyone participates is completely voluntary, depending on their abilities and commitment to the goal. By this process amazing things can be accomplished. ICA will grow so long as the Internet is free. http://www.lisamcpherson.org/pc.htm is an example of ICA.
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