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If such a system can control a future president, it can also control a future head of the NSA, or whoever else works within the system going down the foodchain

by Sven7 13y ago

If such a system can control a future president, it can also control a future head of the NSA, or whoever else works within the system going down the foodchain, to the point where it becomes too much of a risk to its own existence. Basically, they are not immune from control, if they build a system that knows everything about everything. EDIT: And as for "you cannot turn around and leak something on theintelligence community" you dont have too...future Snowdens and Mannings (who are growing up, fed on all sorts of conspiracies on reddit and other fora) will.

etiam 13y ago
> future Snowdens and Mannings (who are growing up, fed on all sorts of conspiracies on reddit and other fora) will. The future equivalents of Edward Snowden and Bradley Manning could very well be detected and put under control before they have a chance to blow the whistle. It seems in the wake of the Snowden revelations that the NSA is already considering making conformism to authority a more important criterion to be hired, and if they were to use their collected information to profile new hires they should have a really good idea about interests and inclinations.