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>>You know, I don't really mind that the NSA is collecting this information. What bothers me is that it's not being released to the public. What good are their
by smtddr 12y ago
>>You know, I don't really mind that the NSA is collecting this information. What bothers me is that it's not being released to the public. What good are their efforts if no one else can build off of their work?
You don't mind because you think it'll only be used to catch "hardcore criminals & terrorist". Also, if everyone had the info the NSA has I'm sure all kinds of extortion, job dismissals and divorces would happen. Even those in power I'm sure don't want that info just out there on an API for any random person with interwebz.
- walrus 12y ago> You don't mind because you think it'll only be used to catch "hardcore criminals & terrorist". Please don't speak for me. I was talking about the information collection, not what they're doing with that information.
- smtddr 12y agoWhat possible good can come from collecting a bunch of private data that wasn't intended to be collected by a third party? They're not collecting it for nothing. If you think it's okay to collect the data you must consider what can be done with it. Catching criminals? Sure, but that's very minor compared to the real harm that data can do to a bunch of relatively harmless people. Like using a gun to kill a housefly. The chances of you hitting the housefly are very low, but the chances of you harming a bunch of innocent people while trying are likely.