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Hell yeah, I'll give those boys with the funny accents a bitcoin.

Very curious.

"Rulers who distrust their own people, must govern in a spirit of absolutism ; and suspected subjects will be ever sensible of their bondage." The Constitutional History Of England…

Bernie Madoff didn't have direct access to his victims' accounts. They willingly gave him the money.

> FWIW, I believe them when they say they aren't giving direct access to their servers to the government. What have they done to earn your trust so that you believe them? In matter…

> If you're going to say your data not safe in Google's hands, then your data just isn't safe on the internet which I think is a needlessly extreme position to take. Google isn't t…

> I'm really not sure why HNers reacted differently in this instance though. Because the government has admitted it.

> Facebook is not and has never been part of any program to give the US or any other government direct access to our servers. Amazing how all them, to a company, are using the "dir…

> I wouldn't question their motives I would.

> The same thing happened when Steve Jobs died. People and events resonate with, move or touch other people. Most other people, I should say.

> Why does the NSA want so much information? > Since the program is secret, it’s hard to say for sure. But the NSA is probably using a software technique called data mining to look…

The biggest government spy operation in history is now public knowledge. It's kind of a big deal.

> It cannot be used to intentionally target any U.S. citizen, any other U.S. person, or anyone located within the United States. "Intentionally" is a weasel word. Clapper also used…

The line was in an earlier edit: > "The administration has now lost all credibility." http://www.newsdiffs.org/diff/245539/245566/www.nytimes.com/...

> How is that any of anyone's business but his? He used public land. He made it public.

Old story: Arrogant punk thinks the world is his, will be shown differently in a few years.

> who eventually end up hyperventilating about jackbooted thugs forcing you to register your car at the DMV. It's a poor argument that can be derailed by what you think another mig…

Not to be harsh, but your argument is all over the place.

> Voluntarily suspending operation Something is voluntary only if there's no threat of force behind it. Voluntary: acting or done without compulsion or obligation. http://dictionar…

A smaller entity being threatened by a larger entity is a form of force. Do you think you pay taxes "voluntarily" also?

> It sounds like they did this voluntarily No, they were forced by the state.