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I've noticed a chilling effect on speech among my friends who work for the Federal government. People just don't speak freely anymore b/c of surveillance.
by grandalf 9y ago
I've noticed a chilling effect on speech among my friends who work for the Federal government. People just don't speak freely anymore b/c of surveillance.
- LordKano 9y agoAbout ten years ago, I was riding with my friend in his car and he wanted to score a bag of marijuana so he called his dealer and in plain-speak said he was looking for some weed. I stared at him with my mouth hanging open and when the call ended, I asked him why he would do that. He said that the dealer didn't care because he was small time and no one was listening anyway. I don't hang out with this friend much anymore but I hope he has since wised up.
- grandalf 9y agoChances are nothing will happen all that soon, but it's certainly plausible that in addition to storing a 60 day rolling window of all calls, the NSA stores a 3000 day rolling window of calls explicitly describing intent to commit crimes, even if the crimes are minimal.