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It appears the National Security Agency’s sweeping surveillance is not something only Verizon customers should be concerned about. The agency has also reportedly obtained access to the central servers of major U.S. Internet companies as part of a secret program that involves the monitoring of emails, file transfers, photos, videos, chats, and even live surveillance of search terms.
The Washington Post disclosed Thursday that it had obtained classified PowerPoint slides detailing the program, code-named PRISM, from a career intelligence officer who felt “horror” over its privacy-invading capabilities. “They quite literally can watch your ideas form as you type,” the source told the newspaper.
I've never seen such stupid over-reaction to nothing as on this board. Is there actually anyone who did not know the NSA monitors and analyzes practically every electronic signal in the world-- that's its job (watch a Hollywood spy movie, fer chrissakes). The way these people are acting you'd think they'd just caught the president secretly selling weapons to Iran and taking those proceeds to fund Nicaraguan terrorists......
I'm trying to recall where and when it was that I signed a "User Agreement For The Internet" that promised me that everything that I did on the public net would forever be completely private and confidential and shielded from monitoring by any party, including authorized agents of the government.
Originally posted by beatbox
I'm with you 100%....but what can we do about it. We can type and talk till our faces are blue but at the end of they day, they will do what they want. Pass the laws that they want. Kill us if they want. What can we do? How do we fight this BS? The only thing I see is, dropping off the radar but how hard will that be? People don't want to rock the boat. They're too comfortable...so can you blame them?
What can we really do about it? Serious question...edit on 7-6-2013 by beatbox because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by beatbox
I'm with you 100%....but what can we do about it. We can type and talk till our faces are blue but at the end of they day, they will do what they want. Pass the laws that they want. Kill us if they want. What can we do? How do we fight this BS? The only thing I see is, dropping off the radar but how hard will that be? People don't want to rock the boat. They're too comfortable...so can you blame them?
What can we really do about it? Serious question...edit on 7-6-2013 by beatbox because: (no reason given)