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The fact that we are somehow considering Americans' privacy more important that non-Americans' privacy is what I find disturbing. Also, the illusion that they w
by smtddr 13y ago
The fact that we are somehow considering Americans' privacy more important that non-Americans' privacy is what I find disturbing. Also, the illusion that they were ever discarding American citizens' data never took hold of me. The NSA collects ALL THE DATA.
- aet 13y agoWhat is this thing you call privacy?
- aet 13y agoI guess down voters don't get the reference.
- rgbrenner 13y agoSorry.. but Americans privacy is more important than non-Americans when we are talking about the US government. They aren't collecting the data for entertainment. They can very easily round up anyone they please on US soil. At least you have your own government to protect you (assuming you aren't important enough to start a war over).
- sentenza 13y agoYou are never leaving the american sector[1]. [1] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F079005-0022,_Berlin,_Grenz%C3%BCbergang_Checkpoint_Charlie.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bi...
- logn 13y ago> The fact that we are somehow considering Americans' privacy more important that non-Americans' privacy is what I find disturbing. I see this argument a lot. While I do think it is totally valid, I think people forget that the NSA doesn't have any direct authority over foreign citizens in theory (but in practice probably all the intel orgs share info and exert influence across borders).