Wow, I am really disappointed by the name calling by Torvalds. He normally seems like a level headed and reasonable person. Calling OpenBSD people "masturbating monkeys" because they are extremely focused on security is a bit childish.
And it is stupid giving the government privacy watchdog group the power to raid businesses... Now, all you have to do is print up a fake government ID and paperwork, and carry out raids on people. Lets see how well privacy is protected when any dimwit with a laminated badge can conduct "privacy audits" on your company. "In order to encourage you to protect your data, we want you to give up your data to anyone who comes busting into your facility asking for it!". Yeah, GREAT IDEA!!! Geez, when will people learn that a police state is actually *LESS* secure than a free society? So are they really interested in protecting privacy and they are just incompetent fools, or are they going to be collecting data for some government anti-terror database and the "privacy" thing is just a cover story?
And it is stupid giving the government privacy watchdog group the power to raid businesses... Now, all you have to do is print up a fake government ID and paperwork, and carry out raids on people. Lets see how well privacy is protected when any dimwit with a laminated badge can conduct "privacy audits" on your company. "In order to encourage you to protect your data, we want you to give up your data to anyone who comes busting into your facility asking for it!". Yeah, GREAT IDEA!!! Geez, when will people learn that a police state is actually *LESS* secure than a free society? So are they really interested in protecting privacy and they are just incompetent fools, or are they going to be collecting data for some government anti-terror database and the "privacy" thing is just a cover story?