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The only real change I saw, is that people who used to call anyone who suggested the type of mass surveillance Snowden uncovered was going on "tinfoil hatters"
by 908087 8y ago
The only real change I saw, is that people who used to call anyone who suggested the type of mass surveillance Snowden uncovered was going on "tinfoil hatters" changed their deflection to "everyone knew that, I have nothing to hide".
- lern_too_spel 8y agoThe only domestic "mass surveillance" program in Snowden's dumps was phone metadata collection, which everyone did know about since 2006. https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-05-10-nsa_x.htm https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-05-10-n... The sensational parts of Greenwald's reporting were not supported by Snowden's documents or any other documents. Anybody who parrots those claims will rightfully be called a tinfoil hatter.
- mxd3 8y agoWhat? Really? Can you provide any context on embellishments by Greenwald?
- lern_too_spel 8y ago"The National Security Agency has obtained direct access to the systems of Google, Facebook, Apple and other US internet giants" His unsubstantiated sensational claims start in the first sentence of his first article and continue from there. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/06/us-tech-giants-nsa-data https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/06/us-tech-giants...