Listening In . . . on campus
Posted by tom | Nov 6, 2005According to Listening In
"The Department of Justice wants 24/7 access, whenever they need it, and they want remote access. We find that too extremely burdensome in terms of money, staff, and technology," said Maureen McFalls, Director of Government Relations for Carnegie Mellon and the coordinator of Carnegie Mellon's response to this issue. According to an ACE press release, the cost to universities could be upwards of $7 billion, or at least $450 extra on each student's tuition bill."
The financial burden is significant, but the monitoring is more disturbing to me. This seems like too much access to information, a little too much looking over the shoulder as one tries to have normal life at college.
