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Several good points here... For me, it boils down to a simple question: If the NSA doesn't intend to use my data or data about me for some malicious purpose, t

Several good points here... For me, it boils down to a simple question: If the NSA doesn't intend to use my data or data about me for some malicious purpose, then why do they need it?

slashdotaccount 13y ago
NSA doesn't intend to use the data about you just now because you are not a person of interest for them. But they need it in case if you find yourself on their way in some point in the future (i.e. you find a proof that the event x/xx was a false-flag attack or there is a little gray alien in president's attic) then they will use it against you.
- ChrisAntaki 13y ago
  Especially if you are an elected official. https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security-technology-and-liberty/prospect-blackmail-nsa https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security-technology-and-l... "... a Washington Post report based on Snowden documents that the NSA had intercepted a “large number” of calls from the Washington DC area code due to a “programming error.”"
  - seanccox 13y ago
    It is the hallmark of totalitarian regimes – throughout history – to monitor the populace and politicians alike. The United States is, of course, not a totalitarian regime, because the NSA was not interested in the content of these communications, but merely the metadata.
    - ChrisAntaki 13y ago
      They love content, actually, since it holds more material. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57589495-38/nsa-spying-flap-extends-to-contents-of-u.s-phone-calls/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57589495-38/nsa-spying-fla...
    - glitchdout 13y ago
      NSA Collects 'Word for Word' Every Domestic Communication, Says Former Analyst http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/government_programs/july-dec13/whistleblowers_08-01.html http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/government_programs/july-dec1... > The United States is, of course, not a totalitarian regime, because the NSA was not interested in the content of these communications, but merely the metadata.

Several good points here... For me, it boils down to a simple question: If the NSA doesn't intend to use my data or data about me for some malicious purpose, then why do they need it?

slashdotaccount 13y ago

NSA doesn't intend to use the data about you just now because you are not a person of interest for them. But they need it in case if you find yourself on their way in some point in the future (i.e. you find a proof that the event x/xx was a false-flag attack or there is a little gray alien in president's attic) then they will use it against you.

ChrisAntaki 13y ago
Especially if you are an elected official. https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security-technology-and-liberty/prospect-blackmail-nsa https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security-technology-and-l... "... a Washington Post report based on Snowden documents that the NSA had intercepted a “large number” of calls from the Washington DC area code due to a “programming error.”"
- seanccox 13y ago
  It is the hallmark of totalitarian regimes – throughout history – to monitor the populace and politicians alike. The United States is, of course, not a totalitarian regime, because the NSA was not interested in the content of these communications, but merely the metadata.
  - ChrisAntaki 13y ago
    They love content, actually, since it holds more material. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57589495-38/nsa-spying-flap-extends-to-contents-of-u.s-phone-calls/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57589495-38/nsa-spying-fla...
  - glitchdout 13y ago
    NSA Collects 'Word for Word' Every Domestic Communication, Says Former Analyst http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/government_programs/july-dec13/whistleblowers_08-01.html http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/government_programs/july-dec1... > The United States is, of course, not a totalitarian regime, because the NSA was not interested in the content of these communications, but merely the metadata.