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Really? The first thing that pops into your head is to argue terminology?

• PhasmaFelis 13y ago
  It's not terminology, it's basic ignorance about what the government is doing and how. You can't fight NSA snooping on any level if you think that they're sticking a vacuum hose into your server and siphoning out all the bits. These details are important.
  • ynniv 13y ago
    No one in this thread suggested that the NSA is copying data out of servers except you. It has been reported that they are wholesale tapping communications lines, and trying to collect SSL private keys, so Sneak's sentiment is not wrong. To argue terminology is to play their game, which they are good at and we will lose. If you disagree with something on a factual level, say that instead.
    • PhasmaFelis 13y ago
      Here's an example of why understanding the NSA's terminology is important: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/08/guide-deceptions-word-games-obfuscations-officials-use-mislead-public-about-nsa https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/08/guide-deceptions-word-... If a reporter asks a government stooge if the NSA engages in bulk collection of Americans' data, the stooge can say no with a straight face because the NSA has officially defined "bulk collection" to mean something other than "collecting in bulk." In order to carve through their lies, we need to be able to understand and navigate their twisted terminology.
• saraid216 13y ago
  Blanket outrage is useless unless you plan to depose the government.
  • ynniv 13y ago
    Where is this blanket outrage you have imagined? There are other programs that do what the original comment suggested. To get hung up on the fact that they are not called PRISM is to miss Sneak's point that the NSA is already doing it.