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You're starting with the assumption that NSA is a good idea in the first place. It's not.
by lkmlkmsfd 10y ago
You're starting with the assumption that NSA is a good idea in the first place. It's not.
- throwanem 10y ago'Gentlemen do not read each other's mail'?
- lkmlkmsfd 10y agoPretty much, also taking into account that none of these agencies have a net benefit for humanity.
- throwanem 10y agoThis is one of those cases where the prisoner's dilemma actually is applicable. All it takes is one defector for everybody to be screwed, and the advantage outweighs the penalty, so someone is guaranteed to defect. Anyone who does not remains screwed, so everyone defects soon after. Whoever called economics the dismal science obviously knew nothing of realpolitik. But we must face the world as it is.
- dogma1138 10y agoOnly siths deal in absolutes. Good and bad are silly and childish terms, a modern military needs the capability to intercept enemy signals, a nation state needs signal intelligence capabilities to facilitate it's own national interests and security. This doesn't mean that the NSA should capture every email, facebook post and tweet and store it for future use. But that doesn't mean that a signal intelligence agency running a SIGINT/ELINT missions in direct support of a military activity is inherently bad it isn't anything, it just is, as this is a capability that any modern military complex has to posses.