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> Anyone who was paying even a little bit of attention 10 years ago — or even forty years ago — was well aware of the NSA and it's widespread surveillance. It
by discreditable 10y ago
> Anyone who was paying even a little bit of attention 10 years ago — or even forty years ago — was well aware of the NSA and it's widespread surveillance.
It was even a joke in the Simpson's Movie (2007).
- danbruc 10y agoThe knowledge was not widespread, but people in the field certainly had suspicions and started getting an idea in the late 1980s, at the very latest. The EU conducted an investigation in 2000 and certainly knew what was going on pretty well when the final report [1] was presented in mid 2001. Probably not in too much detail but they certainly had an idea of the [possible] scale. [1] http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+REPORT+A5-2001-0264+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//...
- irishcoffee 10y agoIf you didn't live in the DelMarVa area, and stuck your head in a hole, maybe. For example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Fortress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Fortress Written in I think 1998. Agree with DoD or not, to be unaware of NSA in the 2000's, that speaks more of ignorance. http://www.aaroads.com/guide.php?page=s0032wamd http://www.aaroads.com/guide.php?page=s0032wamd Page updated 2009. A road sign. The Simpsons creators may have just be living in a bubble.