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That is because the NSA's spying program only works against those that believe they "have nothing to hide". Terrorists or whistle blowers that take even moderat
by EthanHeilman 13y ago
That is because the NSA's spying program only works against those that believe they "have nothing to hide". Terrorists or whistle blowers that take even moderate precautions are immune.
- michaelwww 13y agoThat's another bunch of billions down the drain, unless it's designed for another purpose entirely. A certain segment of the elite have always dreamed about tracking every citizen. Larry Ellison of Oracle famously proposed a National Identity Card. So it goes...
- EthanHeilman 13y agoWell not all terrorists take precautions, many are quite stupid and it only takes one to bring a whole network the attention of the NSA. The bigger problem is that even if their false positive rate is really low, they are hoovering so much data that the true positives (dumb terrorists) get drowned out by the noise. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8153539.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8153539.stm It's why this sort of large scale surveillance is really only effective as tool for coercing public dissent ("We know all about you Mr. Michaelwww").
- michaelwww 13y agoI've lived my life like everything I do online is or could be public for several years now. It forces me to be mindful of the issue.
- nano111 13y agothey can't even catch internal leaks