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The NSA will see this post, write more rules with regexs to catch anybody doing any of these things, and then tag them as terrorists in XKeyScore. edit not to
by nikcub 12y ago
The NSA will see this post, write more rules with regexs to catch anybody doing any of these things, and then tag them as terrorists in XKeyScore.
edit not to mention that the source of these rules is from a non-verified document that is at least 2 years old and woefully incomplete.
- keithpeter 12y agoTagging a bunch of harmless HNers as terrorists is going to get them nowhere. The key is real, effective, targeting of that tiny minority who actually organise terrorist acts. Unless this is just some huge job creation scheme/security theatre for politicians.
- leaveyou 12y ago"The key is real, effective, targeting of that tiny minority who..." that's what they want you to believe, bahahahaha :D. Ok, ok I'm not paranoid. But can "we" (common people) really know what "they" (elected and unelected officials) really want ? They have the power, they have the information, they define and pursue the "national interest", they keep it classified, they create secret tribunals, they pick the "national threats", they whack them because terrorists, they make the "no fly" lists, they pick the "extremists"...
- keithpeter 12y agoSo is this basically Catch-22 for the 21st Century or just a bureaucracy that grew and became self-perpetuating?