So much for privacy on the Whole Wide World (Ed on TED)

[Tiffanys]

Brazilian president: US surveillance a 'breach of international law'

To be honest, I hope we face international scrutiny for it and are forced to change.

[lololitas]

Brazilian president: US surveillance a 'breach of international law'

To be honest, I hope we face international scrutiny for it and are forced to change.

That's not going to happen and we all know it. Who's going to pass a UN resolution against the US for it, when the US can veto it all they want. The german economy needs the US market for selling products on that superficial made in germany myth that still holds, thus we decided to ignore most of the issue that we are on the same espionage level as china for the US (heck why not start another world war and get a few territories back that till today are mostly german culture wise  ) As long as we have an instable middle east, that can serve as a virtual enemy, the US has an excuse for everything they do.

[Tiffanys]

If we had enough international pressure and no support back home from the people then there's no way our politicians would be able to not do something. It'd force their hand. That's why they hate the leaks... once the American people become outraged over something they don't have many options other than looking at it because it becomes political suicide not to.

[megido-rev.M]

Incidentally, this popped up today:


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Data Broker Giants Hacked by ID Theft Service

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Senators Announce Bill That Ends NSA Phone Records Collection

[megido-rev.M]

NSA employee spied on nine women without detection, internal file shows

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N.S.A. Gathers Data on Social Connections of U.S. Citizens

^ As in voting/travel records and such.

[jaybug]

Now we find the NSA is tracking people through social media. The kind of friends you can't unfriend.

[megido-rev.M]

John McAfee reveals details on gadget to thwart NSA

[Burkingam]

Now we find the NSA is tracking people through social media. The kind of friends you can't unfriend.

This doesn't offend me as much since it's data that you are releasing publicly from your own accord. Analyzing publicly available information on the Internet can certainly not be compared to spying on your phone conversations.

[Tiffanys]

John McAfee reveals details on gadget to thwart NSA

I'm happy about that. The only thing is that it seems like it isn't really for home PC's but rather mobile devices.

[Bob2004]

John McAfee reveals details on gadget to thwart NSA

I'm happy about that. The only thing is that it seems like it isn't really for home PC's but rather mobile devices.

It also seems like it will be mostly useless unless a large majority of the population buys one - and even then, not very fast compared to a standard internet connection.

[megido-rev.M]

BitTorrent Launches ‘NSA-proof’ Serverless Messenger App

Now we find the NSA is tracking people through social media. The kind of friends you can't unfriend.

This doesn't offend me as much since it's data that you are releasing publicly from your own accord. Analyzing publicly available information on the Internet can certainly not be compared to spying on your phone conversations.

On that note, NSA mines Facebook for connections, including Americans' profiles.

[jaybug]

It'd be nice if the NSA was declared non-essential, and thus unfunded during the government shut down.

[megido-rev.M]

Lavabit was under FBI pressure to decrypt Snowden connections, court reveals

[Tiffanys]

Just some random various stuff, nothing big: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4cXgE_NwO4

[megido-rev.M]

Just some random various stuff, nothing big: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4cXgE_NwO4

Related article: Ex-Microsoft privacy adviser: I don't trust company after NSA revelations

[megido-rev.M]

Ed Snowden Emerges From Hiding To Receive Award, Father Lon Snowden Makes Trip To Russia

[Tiffanys]

Ed Snowden Emerges From Hiding To Receive Award, Father Lon Snowden Makes Trip To Russia

Sounds like a nonsense reward made up by past whistleblowers or some crap lol.

[megido-rev.M]

FISA court renews NSA permission to collect call metadata
Internet infrastructure groups push for more independence from US monitoring

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Lavabit reinstates service briefly so users can download e-mails, change passwords
Germany’s biggest communications company, Deutsche Telekom, has put forward plans for the country to use German only connections in a bid to combat the threat of foreign spy agencies and hackers.

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Lavabit's Legal Fight: Should The Feds Have The Right To Break The Internet's Security System?
Greenwald on Snowden Leaks: The Worst Is Yet to Come

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Edward Snowden: US would have buried NSA warnings forever

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US asks top court not to take case on NSA cyber-snooping

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Fresh Leak on US Spying: NSA Accessed Mexican President's Email
US spy agency 'taped millions of French calls'

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VPN Provider CryptoSeal Shuts Down After Lavabit Case Undermines Security - It may be forced to hand over its encryption keys to United States authorities. Shutting down, the company says, is the only solution to protect customer privacy.

[megido-rev.M]

So much for privacy for the world...
NSA monitored calls of 35 world leaders after US official handed over contacts

[jaybug]

http://news.yahoo.com/former-nsa-chief-caught-spilling-secrets-on-amtrak-212959722.html

Huh, now I am going to have to read the Time article when it gets published to find out how Hayden is bashing the administration.