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Comments on news posted 2013-07-31 14:39:02: Edward Snowden is apparently the gift that just keeps on giving, with new revelations from the Guardian today on an NSA program dubbed "XKeyscore" that allows the NSA to easily monitor and dissect nearly everything a user does online. ..

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rob316
join:2005-10-17
Carteret, NJ

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Scary

And don't say ohh if your not doing anything wrong you have nothing to worry about BS.

buzz_4_20
join:2003-09-20
Dover, NH

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With that much data, something is sure to come up not matter what.

Plus think of anything you've ever said or done being taken out of context, than multiply that by 1000.

This is scary stuff if you ask me.

cableties
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cableties

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Yup...

I am surprised at how little we know and how to remove (although some features, I do need like GPS data for photos so I know where I took that shot...etc...).

But if you want it gone, I've used this and EXIF removal tools...

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easonin
Rock Ridge, FL
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America!

Fuck Yeah!!!

I can't help but laugh! More and more people are undoubtedly learning of this for the first time everyday, but will they continue on supporting the status quo?
wjf58
join:2011-06-21
Chicago, IL

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Lost our way

If we the citizenry can't make this kind of activity stop, we have truly lost our identity as a nation. These programs prove to the rest of the world that the U. S. has become a second-rate country. If this is the only response we can conceive of to "protect" ourselves, our enemies have indeed won.

Trimline
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Windermere, FL

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Re: Scary

Agreed.

And what is even more scary is when it gets in to the wrong hands - just wait until the NSA gets hacked.

buzz_4_20
join:2003-09-20
Dover, NH

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or when that data starts getting sold to companies.
I'm thinking The MPAA and RIAA would love to get their hands on some of that data.

and again, that's just the tip of the iceberg

Alex J
@he.net

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No real consumer privacy protections.

Any attempt to enact real consumer privacy protections is slapped down as "excessive regulation."

A government that thinks surveillance and privacy laws are funny.

A massive uptick in the collection and storage of absolutely every possible type of data a user leaves each day.

What could go wrong?
bngdup
join:2007-02-20
Old Bridge, NJ

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Amazed

On one hand, I'm amazed at the scale of the operation and what you could do with it. On the other its disturbing that this information is so easily available to numerous gov't employees and agencies that are likely in the pocket of corporations. Corruption at its finest.
brianiscool
join:2000-08-16
Tampa, FL

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Nothing to worry about.

Just ignore this nothing big.
nltech
join:2007-06-13
West Haverstraw, NY

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Re: Scary

said by buzz_4_20:

With that much data, something is sure to come up not matter what.

Plus think of anything you've ever said or done being taken out of context, than multiply that by 1000.

This is scary stuff if you ask me.

Over the years everyone and I mean EVERYONE has had a private telephone or email conversation that you do not want to go public. Doing so whether now or years down the road could hurt family members, friends, co-workers, grand kids, customers, patients, you name it.

There is no way to keep this data completely secure. It will always be prone to hackers, unscrupulous employees and government officials. With so many people having access to this data, it WILL and quite possibly YOUR data will end up on a public internet server some day.

If for some reason not from the methods I described, years down the road through the "Freedom of Information Act" after you are dead.

This is the message that needs to get out to people. Especially to the "if your not doing anything wrong you have nothing to worry about" crowd.

People need to contact their representatives in Congress to support stopping the data capture and require that the data be immediately destroyed to prevent this from happening. It maybe too late already.

Tamarisk
@rr.com

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Re: Lost our way

Yes indeed the enemies won a long time ago. TSA checks at airports, online snooping. Trillions wasted on unnecessary wars when the infrastructure of the country is crumbling. Time to face reality folks America is no longer the super power it claims to be.

With all the schmucks in Washington squabbling all the time, it's time to take a good hard look in the mirror. But 99% of Americans just don't care so nothing will ever change.

Being from England and living here for the past 33 years, I realized quite some time ago the shine had worn off America. I'm leaving for Europe in a month. Sure things aren't 100% over there, but guess what, at least I won't have the constant droning of the talking heads on the TV news saying how the economy improved 0.03%. Really? Like that makes a difference?

I'm getting back to a quiet life and leaving this rat race behind. So please everyone enjoy your so called freedom and the snooping that goes along with it.
truasian16
join:2003-11-10
Jersey City, NJ

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watching Merica

haha and you think they care... nSa and cia have been watching forever but remember once you see the pattern their is no point to watch it anymore.
Justin024
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Re: Lost our way

Because we all know the UK gov't loves their porn filters. GTFO

StuartMW
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But...

But but they're the gummint and they're here to "help".

Of course the question is "help" whom with what? If you believe them it's all to

• Protect you from terrorists.

• Protect the children.

Now if you believe that I have a bridge in Brooklyn for sale. Also some beachfront property in Arizona.

Tamarisk
@rr.com

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Re: Lost our way

Well I'm actually not returning to the UK. Unfortunately my government is just as bad as the US. And those porn filters are a bad idea.

kathyblondie
@verizon.net

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its the links stupid

all across the web companies are complicit

and here is how its done

"http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/New-Snowden-Docs-NSA-Can-Easily-See-Your-Entire-Internet-Life-125192"

notice its not

"http://www.dslreports.com/125192"

so now you know
wkm001
join:2009-12-14

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Let's get to...

the part where all these NSA whistle blowers talked about the government being able to listen to the microphones on our wireless phones anytime they want. For the love of God will someone ask the NSA or a congressman about that? This could be the straw that breaks the general public's back.

aaronwt
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When are they...

going to lock that Snowden rat up? He signed nondisclosure agreements and then disclosed classified info. If he can't do the time he should not do the crime.
If he can't take his punishment like a man, then he should have never released any info. What an ass.

meeeeeeeeee
join:2003-07-13
Newburgh, NY

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said by aaronwt:

going to lock that Snowden rat up? He signed nondisclosure agreements and then disclosed classified info. If he can't do the time he should not do the crime.
If he can't take his punishment like a man, then he should have never released any info. What an ass.

Maybe the question should be When are they going to lock up these fascist pigs who trod all over the Constitutional Rights of EVERY CITIZEN????

Snowden gets a ticker-tape parade.
travisdh1
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Wooster, OH

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Re: Yup...

You don't have access to this data they are collecting. You can not remove it. The only limiting factor is how much storage they have.

They pull it directly off of fiber lines going into and out of internet backbone providers. They have everything.

aaronwt
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Re: When are they...

said by meeeeeeeeee:

said by aaronwt:

going to lock that Snowden rat up? He signed nondisclosure agreements and then disclosed classified info. If he can't do the time he should not do the crime.
If he can't take his punishment like a man, then he should have never released any info. What an ass.

Maybe the question should be When are they going to lock up these fascist pigs who trod all over the Constitutional Rights of EVERY CITIZEN????

Snowden gets a ticker-tape parade.

Snowden should get the death penalty. But didn't they take that off the table?
rradina
join:2000-08-08
Chesterfield, MO

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Can Google Do This Too?

Google has been collecting crap on us far longer than the NSA. Perhaps it's somewhat more "anonymous" than the NSA's data but I'd bet we'd be surprised at what Google can determine about us just based on our on-line activity.
BosstonesOwn
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Wakefield, MA

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Re: When are they...

Amazing how some people still feel the government is right in this, now we see why they wanted him for treason at first, he apparently has a lot more info to give.

I have a feeling that these events may be looked at in history as the start of something special. It might be a revolution and I hope it's non violent, but there is to be a revolution.

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Re: America!

When it's gone on this long, there is nothing else.
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Re: Lost our way

You were most likely not alive before this stuff was going on.
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yeah. those porn filters that can be turned off with one phone call.
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Re: Amazed

I'm so amazed that I don't believe a word of it.
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Re: When are they...

You are absolutely right.
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Re: its the links stupid

that and the fact that so many sites refuse to use any form of encryption.
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