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Whistleblower Binney says the NSA has dossiers on nearly every US citizen
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#32About ten years ago, the NSA got direct access to every phone call, text and email sent via AT&T from the west coast to asia. Every. Single. Message. Set up shop next to the servers and just copied all of the data coming across. I think that by "dossiers" this guy meant "social network information from communication logs". They can start with your number (any number) and see who communicates with it. And then see who…
And drive 30 minutes from your home, and use a proxy server to connect to the internet
I'd love to hear some details of what you are proposing here. Because right now it doesn't sound like you know what you are talking about.
If it makes you feel any better, facebook has a similar level of information about you and they haven't done much harm with it.
Um. No they don't.
Re: Whistleblower Binney says the NSA has dossiers on nearly every US citizen
#33If this is true doesn't it mean that Bin Laden won the war on terror? Every time I go to the airport I think this. Those full body scanners? Thanks to Bin Laden, now you practically get strip searched for every flight. You have to take off your shoes. You cannot take drinks on a plane. You then have everyone on edge no matter where you go. You and a friend play CounterStrike. You get on the bus and start talking abou…
What I think it actually means is this:
It has given the United States an excuse to do that they are doing to its people.
The whole system is based upon fear, which is exactly what the so called "terrorists" wanted to do.
The government(s) of this world don't particularly enjoy the thought of its population having to ability to think for themselves. How can they (temporarily) suspend this? Fear.
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#34Sure, they have all data about someone. But, what is the use? It is like searching a needle in a haystack.
The NSA likely has more advanced tech than we do.
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#35If this is true doesn't it mean that Bin Laden won the war on terror? Every time I go to the airport I think this. Those full body scanners? Thanks to Bin Laden, now you practically get strip searched for every flight. You have to take off your shoes. You cannot take drinks on a plane. You then have everyone on edge no matter where you go. You and a friend play CounterStrike. You get on the bus and start talking abou…
"The War on Terror"
I wish that people would learn what "The War on Terror" really is.
The United States IS like other countries, including China, now and in the past.
In 2001 there was an event in the United States which was very similar to the 1933 Reichstag fire in Berlin. Very few people can accept that reality, so this comment will probably be buried.
I don't think people even know what a State is. The harsh truth is that the State is not your friend.
People are truly living in a make-believe fairy tale land.
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#36If this is true doesn't it mean that Bin Laden won the war on terror? Every time I go to the airport I think this. Those full body scanners? Thanks to Bin Laden, now you practically get strip searched for every flight. You have to take off your shoes. You cannot take drinks on a plane. You then have everyone on edge no matter where you go. You and a friend play CounterStrike. You get on the bus and start talking abou…
> If this is true doesn't it mean that Bin Laden won the war on terror?
Not exactly: http://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wcpls/this_i_my_friends...
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#37If this is true doesn't it mean that Bin Laden won the war on terror? Every time I go to the airport I think this. Those full body scanners? Thanks to Bin Laden, now you practically get strip searched for every flight. You have to take off your shoes. You cannot take drinks on a plane. You then have everyone on edge no matter where you go. You and a friend play CounterStrike. You get on the bus and start talking abou…
The U.S (or the West) did not change its politics in the Middle-East and is still not an Islamic country so I don't think Bin Laden won. Now maybe the U.S citizens lost ...
It's true that the US hasn't changed its Middle-East policies (although I'd argue that's the only way to eradicate Islamic terrorism), but it's important to note that bin Laden did not target the US due to its secularism, but for its foreign policy. He even said that if he wanted to attack a country just for being secular, he'd have attacked Sweden.
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
They don't even need to ask for the keys. Pretty much every OS/browser comes with root CAs belonging to the U.S. government (on OS X I see "DoD Root CA 2" and "DoD CLASS 3 Root CA", see also http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4415 ). As I understand it, if they wanted to, they could MITM any HTTPS connection by forging a certificate using their root CAs. This is why people were upset when a root CA for some Chinese govern…
Try Perspectives addon: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/perspectives/
And Certificate Patrol:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/certificate-p...
Re: Whistleblower Binney says the NSA has dossiers on nearly every US citizen
#39Sure, they have all data about someone. But, what is the use? It is like searching a needle in a haystack.
""If one would give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest man, I would find something in them to have him hanged."
- Cardinal Richelieu
Re: Whistleblower Binney says the NSA has dossiers on nearly every US citizen
#40If this is true doesn't it mean that Bin Laden won the war on terror? Every time I go to the airport I think this. Those full body scanners? Thanks to Bin Laden, now you practically get strip searched for every flight. You have to take off your shoes. You cannot take drinks on a plane. You then have everyone on edge no matter where you go. You and a friend play CounterStrike. You get on the bus and start talking abou…
The U.S (or the West) did not change its politics in the Middle-East and is still not an Islamic country so I don't think Bin Laden won. Now maybe the U.S citizens lost ...
I don't think Bin Laden ever wanted to "convert" his "enemies", but rather to destroy or frighten them.
Considering the amount of money thrown into the Afghan pit (which still is a factor affecting the ability of Western countries to sustain periods of economic turmoil, and even to replenish their own arsenals -- see UK defence cuts) and the hysteric approach to public spaces since 2001, I'd say he's been fairly successful in his endeavours.
Which is not that surprising, to be fair. After all, he was originally trained by the CIA, and was backed by Saudi money and the Pakistani military.