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Nobody needs Russia to understand one should not use any of the US mass surveillance machines (Facebook|Google|Twitter|LinkedIn/Microsoft|Yahoo|Apple|etc). We j

• dogma1138 10y ago
  Or just read a EU report from the 90's which described the same apparatus....
  • SpaceRaccoon 10y ago
    Source?
    • dogma1138 10y ago
      Report on the existence of a global system for the interception of private and commercial communications (ECHELON interception system) (2001/2098(INI)). "The existence of a global system for intercepting private and commercial communications (the ECHELON interception system) A. whereas the existence of a global system for intercepting communications, operating by means of cooperation proportionate to their capabilities among the USA, the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand under the UKUSA Agreement, is no longer in doubt; whereas it seems likely, in view of the evidence and the consistent pattern of statements from a very wide range of individuals and organisations, including American sources, that its name is in fact ECHELON, although this is a relatively minor detail." http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+REPORT+A5-2001-0264+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//...
• the_d00d 10y ago
  Says the guy reading a New York Times article and posting to HN.
  • benevol 10y ago
    Not only that; he also just ate a Banana from Colombia and generally likes Earl Grey Tea - with a tiny bit of cream, though. It's nice, you should try it some time.
    • the_d00d 10y ago
      Did he post derogatory platitudes about Columbia somewhere else? I must have missed that.