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- Hombre_Lobo0
Nice to see this make it to mainstream media. Surprising that it did.
Like george said its nothing new or surprising to most people.And some people are saying how huge the information must be that they are monitoring and there is no way they could monitor all that stuff.
That's ridiculous, look at technology these days, they could easily monitor and store it all. Like instrmntl said you need some simple algorithms to sieve out what they want and your sorted.
- Hombre_Lobo0
Some people will think its great that they are on 'terrorist watch'. And if that's all they did it would be great.
but you expect me to think a government isnt going to use all this tracked information to their advantage to lead the general populous in whatever direction they want?
It's no secret that american government are in hands with big corporations and are in it for the profit. With this info they have a finger on the pulse of the current zeitgeist. They can gauge people's reactions to any event, product, media or news story and direct them how they wish. It's like target marketing taken to the extreme.
Sure they might catch some terrorists... Not that I've ever seen one aside from on the news...
But I'd much rather they didn't monitor and run the risks.
- instrmntl0
I'm sure that's why Google was initially hesitant because the data is their gold.
- ukit20
Boundless Informant: the NSA's secret tool to track global surveillance data
- yurimon0
"My sole motive is to inform the public as to that which is done in their name and that which is done against them," the source, Edward Snowden, told the Guardian.
"I'm willing to sacrifice all of that because I can't in good conscience allow the U.S. government to destroy privacy, internet freedom and basic liberties for people around the world with this massive surveillance machine they're secretly building," he said.
- BusterBoy0
Why is anyone surprised at this?
- detritus0
* I had to look this guy up to get an insight into your reference.
This is a great line:
"We have no gay people in Russia — there are homosexuals but they are not allowed to be gay about it. The punishment is seven years locked in prison with other men and there is a three-year waiting list for that."
- BaskerviIle0
Will all of this not just lead to more people using RSA public-key encryption for their email etc?
- Hopefully it'll just lead to more terrorists in prison.monospaced
- I think it creates a privacy market for sure.yurimon
- Thank Goodness RSA doesn't have any backdoors.
Oh.. wait.detritus