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by dm2 13y ago
Because treason and national security are taken very seriously. It's well known that there is a "secret" interpretation of the PATRIOT Act and FISA revisions that basically allow unlimited loopholes for accessing any data. Go
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by dm2 13y ago
Maybe at a private company, but it is not wise to disclose classified information about the US government if you are or were employed by them.
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by dm2 13y ago
Encryption? They're pretty good at it.
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by dm2 13y ago
FISA was passed in 1978 because of domestic spying and has always allowed spying of US citizens who meet certain criteria. This debate has been going on for 30 years, "meta data" or "geo data" isn't required. This i
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by dm2 13y ago
Considering that FISA was passed in 1978 and that the NSA has been around since the 1950s, I would assume that domestic wiretapping has been going on the entire time. They absolutely have to say publicly that they are not recording any US c
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by dm2 13y ago
The Utah data center is more of a consolidating effort than some new spy program. It's suppose to save money and increase security (and storage ability). The NSA has computer security technology that the public and other government do
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by dm2 13y ago
An intermediary system. Sure, there will be internet access at the Utah facility, but the networks will be separated. Stuxnet was physically delivered on a USB drive. Stuxnet didn't have the requirement of sending back massive amounts
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by dm2 13y ago
The leaked materials were not solely housed at an NSA datacenter.
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by dm2 13y ago
Why doesn't simply being disconnected from the internet and located in the middle of nowhere Utah locked in a super-secure fortress with the best network engineers, computer experts, and cryptologists suffice? And yes, it is insulting.
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by dm2 13y ago
Whistle-blowing does not equal hacking.
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by dm2 13y ago
That's part of the reason for the Utah datacenter. Consolidating several NSA datacenters around the country into one super-secure fortress. First, separate offline networks and the most advanced network security ever conceived will be
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by dm2 13y ago
Hypothetically, let's assume that I don't eat vegetables but once a week. Should I take a multivitamin daily?
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by dm2 13y ago
Why hasn't this issue been revisited in congress? Shouldn't everything be revisited very X years to ensure that the law is still relevant with current information?
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by dm2 13y ago
So... should I take a daily multivitamin or not?
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by dm2 13y ago
How much further does the US government want/need to go before they have enough power/security to effectively and efficiently manage and protect its citizens? I hate the idea of prosecuting whistle-blowers. On the other hand, I de
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by dm2 13y ago
Many things that seem culturally obvious to us have only been around for a couple generations. Ideals around racism, animal rights, age of consent, death, religion, are all things that many well-educated people take for granted. Would you r
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by dm2 13y ago
It's almost impossible to propose such a ideology because it will be instantly interpreted as Socialism. I'm not saying Socialism is good or bad, but I do think that people give too much credit and loyalty to Democracy. What we ha
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by dm2 13y ago
What is your point about the Tea Party groups and 501(c)4? In my opinion, that is just another loophole that needs to be closed, same as religious organization tax exemption.
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by dm2 13y ago
Ok, so the one thing we have figured out in the past couple of days is that the NSA undoubtedly has the ability to collect almost all user data and internet traffic, even for US citizens. Your link is broken, should be: http://ww
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by dm2 13y ago
33 Thomas Street is an awesome building, self-sufficient, radiation hardened, and 18 foot ceilings.
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by dm2 13y ago
Would you prefer humanism? Nationalism is one of the stronger motivators we have for doing "things". It would require too radical of a cultural/mindset change to unify humanity, UNLESS there was an alien invasion like in the
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by dm2 13y ago
How can you trust the US government less than private companies? Data mining exists at every company because of its value. I'm much more concerned that private companies (Lexis Nexis I'm looking at you) have access to so much of m
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by dm2 13y ago
You're assuming that the NSA requires physical access to unencrypted data. The NSA has been in the IT security game for a very long time, they employ the best of the best, and have practically unlimited funds. I'd imagine that ver
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by dm2 13y ago
"Here is 2.7 billion dollars, build me a super high-tech submarine (with specific specs) and DO NOT make any mistakes." Sounds easy, right? A military contractor going slightly over budget is not news worth, it's database or
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by dm2 13y ago
You really trust a custom compiled version of Android from "1337haxor2" which has auto-update capabilities built in? The easier way would be to monitor network traffic. If random encrypted information is uploaded, then block it, w
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by dm2 13y ago
Not really practical for an aircraft to operate underwater, but someday operating in space might not be inconceivable. My point was that for trillions of dollars, the aircraft better do some cool shit. Yes, crash avoidance is awesome, but n
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by dm2 13y ago
Any sensitive material that is uploaded should be encrypted anyways. Self-hosted email is pointless without both parties doing it. Self-hosted would also probably be less secure, less reliable, and have a higher chance of complete failure v
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by dm2 13y ago
I closed the popup and the article still didn't appear, so I closed the tab and found something else to read.
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by dm2 13y ago
They probably just skipped Vista to save the tax payers a little money, that picture was in 2010. Imagine the headline "Whitehouse wants to spend XX millions upgrading to MS Vista. Is our money being spent wisely?"
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by dm2 13y ago
Pretend for a second that your advisers give you two options. Secretly sign bills to allow the gathering of data regarding US citizens from indirect sources, or allow a terrorist attack to happy under your watch as Commander-in-Chief. You d

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