Author Topic: So much for privacy on the Whole Wide World (Ed on TED) (Read 13306 times)

megido-rev.M · « **Reply #300 on:** October 26, 2013, 02:22:32 AM »

Germany, France demand 'no-spy' agreement with U.S.

Spain summons US ambassador over claim NSA tracked 60m calls a month

surdumil · « **Reply #301 on:** October 29, 2013, 05:28:05 PM »

I think the discussion title has evolved into, "NSA goes batshit crazy, becomes privacy Nazi. No privacy for you!"

Also, a new spin on the "Soviet Russia" joke:
You don't spy on America. America spies on you!

megido-rev.M · « **Reply #302 on:** October 30, 2013, 01:49:48 AM »

^On that note: White House OKd spying on allies, U.S. intelligence officials say

NSA infiltrates links to Yahoo, Google data centers worldwide, Snowden documents say

Well shit.

Tiffanys · « **Reply #303 on:** November 02, 2013, 01:02:29 AM »

Snowden may testify in Germany against NSA

megido-rev.M · « **Reply #304 on:** November 02, 2013, 01:17:17 AM »

Quote from: Tiffanys on November 02, 2013, 01:02:29 AM

Snowden may testify in Germany against NSA

Relevant article: Snowden ready to go to Germany under asylum as his letter to Berlin revealed

bloody000 · « **Reply #305 on:** November 04, 2013, 02:12:44 AM »

Quote from: surdumil on October 29, 2013, 05:28:05 PM

I think the discussion title has evolved into, "NSA goes batshit crazy, becomes privacy Nazi. No privacy for you!"

Also, a new spin on the "Soviet Russia" joke:
You don't spy on America. America spies on you!

AKA Stasi. I bet Angela Merkel could taste the irony.

megido-rev.M · « **Reply #306 on:** November 08, 2013, 03:55:19 AM »

C.I.A. Is Said to Pay AT&T for Call Data

megido-rev.M · « **Reply #307 on:** November 13, 2013, 02:09:08 AM »

Author Of The PATRIOT Act Goes To EU Parliament To Admit Congress Failed, And The NSA Is Out Of Control

surdumil · « **Reply #308 on:** November 14, 2013, 01:53:25 PM »

Y'know, not too long ago, American intelligence agencies were warning other countries about Chinese hacking efforts.
How ironic that those efforts have been dwarfed by American official hacking and spying activities.
With friends like these...

jaybug · « **Reply #309 on:** November 14, 2013, 10:37:41 PM »

What really amazes me, is that for all this spying, US still sucks hind teat as far as doing any quality spying. All this information, nad they haven't stopped anyone from committing acts of terror. America still buys tons of cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, morphine and marijuana.

Is the point of all this spying just to steal Americans identity and rack up credit card charges on the victims to pay for NSA goodies, because congress isn't giving them enough chachkis?(sic?) Or is it compensating by size, what they lack in ability?

Tiffanys · « **Reply #310 on:** November 19, 2013, 11:05:28 PM »

NSA knew it was breaking its own spying rules

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The National Security Agency was well aware it was committing violations of surveillance rules, according to newly declassified documents. The NSA self-reported the violations to a US intelligence court, and promised to enact new safety measures to prevent the violations from recurring. Despite the acknowledgement, the NSA broke its own rules again in 2009, according to FISA Court documents. These revelations come after similar ones in September that the NSA broke its own rules and mislead the FISA Court regarding bulk data collection. RT's Ameera David has the reaction from the FISA Court that the NSA overstepped its boundaries and ignored privacy protections.

megido-rev.M · « **Reply #311 on:** November 20, 2013, 02:29:16 AM »

That's not a big surprise at this point.

surdumil · « **Reply #312 on:** November 20, 2013, 02:23:31 PM »

Hands up everyone who feels that the NSA must pay restitution to each and every individual and organization whose privacy they have illegally violated.
How about, say, $10 for each minute (or portion thereof) of surveillance, $100 for each frame or picture of video surveillance, $1000 for each legal business transaction, $100,000 for each trade secret or confidential business transaction.

Ixarku · « **Reply #313 on:** November 20, 2013, 10:03:16 PM »

I'd be satisfied if Congress completely defunded the NSA, disbanded it, and jailed the people who authorized the illegal surveillance.

jaybug · « **Reply #314 on:** November 20, 2013, 10:37:05 PM »

Quote from: Ixarku on November 20, 2013, 10:03:16 PM

I'd be satisfied if Congress completely defunded the NSA, disbanded it, and jailed the people who authorized the illegal surveillance.

I second the motion.

Has anyone thought how the NSA can listen to all phone calls and emails and basically everything, but that they can't catch any identity thieves? If they can't do that, what chance do they have of catching terrorists?

megido-rev.M · « **Reply #315 on:** November 22, 2013, 03:27:11 AM »

US Working Overtime Behind The Scenes To Kill UN Plan To Protect Online Privacy From Snooping

bloody000 · « **Reply #316 on:** November 22, 2013, 05:20:18 AM »

It's for the greater good. They need to catch America-haters. Just bend over and take it.

megido-rev.M · « **Reply #317 on:** November 24, 2013, 02:01:54 AM »

NSA infected 50,000 computer networks with malicious software
Latest Snowden leak reveals NSA’s goal to continually expand surveillance abilities

bloody000 · « **Reply #318 on:** November 27, 2013, 09:42:11 AM »

Top-Secret Document Reveals NSA Spied On Porn Habits As Part Of Plan To Discredit 'Radicalizers'

LOLOLOL

porn jokes aside, they're using private information to assassinate a man's character. Today it's the dirty jihadists, tomorrow it could be your own dissidents. Not to mention there's nothing stopping them to lie about what someone watched online as a method of neutralizing political threats.

megido-rev.M · « **Reply #319 on:** November 28, 2013, 02:47:35 AM »

Says a lot about society, doesn't it ?