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authorroot <root@turin.home>2022-01-30 16:02:41 +0000
committerroot <root@turin.home>2022-01-30 16:02:41 +0000
commit00aad0e89fe4f909664817dca33205c80347098d (patch)
tree9261bfb4bd1611361ce31d0f0ffd9d3735d4b1f8
parentd37676bbc0112176872453d362834274894be550 (diff)
Added paragraph about Stasi. 980 words.
-rw-r--r--Makefile4
-rw-r--r--paper.ms22
-rw-r--r--refer14
3 files changed, 35 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d1facf2..997bd56 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
default:
- ls target || mkdir target
+ ls -1 | grep target || mkdir target
+ wc paper.ms
cat paper.ms |\
sed "s/^{/.[\n/g" |\
sed "s/}{/\n.]\n.[\n/g" |\
sed "s/{/\n.[\n/g" | sed "s/\}\ /\n.]\n/g" | sed "s/\}/\n.]\n/g" |\
refer -Ss -p refer | tr "_" " "> target/temp
cat formatting.ms target/temp | groff -ket -Tpdf -ms -P-pa4 > target/paper.pdf
+html: default
cat header.html > target/paper.html
cat formatting.ms target/temp| sed "s/.nr LL*/.nr LL 7i/g" |\
groff -Tascii -c -ms |\
diff --git a/paper.ms b/paper.ms
index eb5cee9..eab81ee 100644
--- a/paper.ms
+++ b/paper.ms
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ be used to present new information by anyone. A key example of this
might be Wikipedia. Wikipedia allows individuals to contribute to
entries that form a vast encyclopedia.
--- todo: "Take part in information, not only consume it"
-
An argument is often made against digital privacy in the interest of
national security. With access to communications and usage history law
enforcement and government can quickly discover large amounts of
@@ -65,13 +63,13 @@ operatives to use.
Although the issue of popular messaging technologies and their support
for 'end-to-end encryption' is often discussed, the argument that the
introduction of end-to-end encryption by large companies such as
-Facebook gives an advantage to criminals {conversation facebook}{home
+Facebook gives an advantage to criminals {conversation Facebook}{home
office} is arguably an entirely invalid one. By preventing the usage
of true end-to-end encryption in industry, we will not be able to
prevent those attempting to evade the law from doing so, as shown in
the case of terrorist organisations who have used more obscure
software in the past and also in the case of the abundance of illegal
-acitivity that occurs on the so called dark web in the form of the
+activity that occurs on the so called dark web in the form of the
trade of drugs and child pornography among others (cite). Instead the
limitation of use of encryption on popular software will only decrease
the privacy of those uninterested in criminal activity and instead
@@ -87,6 +85,22 @@ end to end encryption will simply allow governments to maintain the
status quo of being able to intercept and read all communications
between its citizens and individuals outside of their jurisdictions.
+In order to conduct the vast amounts of surveillance they did in the
+GDR (German Democratic Republic) in support of the ruling party
+{Jarausch}, the Stasi gathered information from a vast network of
+informants who greatly outnumbered Stasi agents {Bruce 2014}. Whilst
+in Nazi Germany there may have been around 1 Gestapo agent for every
+2300 citizens, in the GDR it was closer to 1 informant or officer for
+every 63 citizens. We gather that there was a sense of someone
+`listening in\' to interactions between individuals and indeed there
+were (cite). In popular culture today we see a similar attitude to the
+idea that there are organisations who are listening to individuals
+about in order to gather intelligence. Although in western society
+today these are often less serious concerns than they were in East
+German society due to the very real threat of repercussions for what
+one says, this collective imagination of people listening in is
+prevalent nonetheless.
+
Concerns exist with digital technologies on at a hardware level. The
Intel Management Engine that exists {Intel Management}
diff --git a/refer b/refer
index 5acf3f7..5cc8b6e 100644
--- a/refer
+++ b/refer
@@ -64,3 +64,17 @@
%D Oct 2020
%O https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-statement-end-to-end-encryption-and-public-safety
(Accessed 29 January 2021)
+
+%T Between Myth and Reality: The Stasi Legacy in German History
+%A Konrad Jarausch
+%D 2014
+%J Bulletin of the German Historical Institute
+%C "German Historical Institute Washington DC
+%O https://www.ghi-dc.org/fileadmin/publications/Bulletin_Supplement/Supplement_9/supp9.pdf
+
+%T Participatory Repression? Reflections on Popular Involvement with the Stasi
+%A Gary Bruce
+%D 2014
+%J Bulletin of the German Historical Institute
+%C "German Historical Institute Washington DC
+%O https://www.ghi-dc.org/fileadmin/publications/Bulletin_Supplement/Supplement_9/supp9.pdf