NSA tracking cellphone locations worldwide, Snowden documents show
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NSA tracking cellphone locations worldwide, Snowden documents show
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Re: NSA tracking cellphone locations worldwide, Snowden documents show
#2WP ddoes not appear to have released the source documents. That makes it hard to trust that these reports are complete w.r.t. what the documents reveal.
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#3From the article:
NSA Director Keith Alexander disclosed in Senate testimony in October that the NSA had run a pilot project in 2010 and 2011 to collect “samples” of U.S. cellphone location data. The data collected were never available for intelligence analysis purposes, and the project was discontinued because it had no “operational value,” he said.
Alexander allowed that a broader collection of such data “may be something that is a future requirement for the country, but it is not right now.”
And for all this, I'm not going to lie--that'd be a fun dataset to hack on.
And that, folks, is why we as engineers and hackers have a moral duty to be very selective in the types of work we take on and for whom.
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#4Meta topic, but it seems kind of rude to link to the print page. The washington post is already a very readable site, If i don't want ads, i'll use adblock.
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#5Meta topic, but it seems kind of rude to link to the print page. The washington post is already a very readable site, If i don't want ads, i'll use adblock.
http://motherfuckingwebsite.com/
perhaps?
Re: NSA tracking cellphone locations worldwide, Snowden documents show
#6From the article: NSA Director Keith Alexander disclosed in Senate testimony in October that the NSA had run a pilot project in 2010 and 2011 to collect “samples” of U.S. cellphone location data. The data collected were never available for intelligence analysis purposes, and the project was discontinued because it had no “operational value,” he said. Alexander allowed that a broader collection of such data “may be so…
Google Maps does this. The only difference is that Google informs you before you turn on location services.
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#7So the deal modern man was presented with was this: we'll give you instant global communication for pennies, but in return governments and corporations will closely monitor everyone on the planet: where they are, who they call, how long the call is, their texts, messages, and other communications -- basically their thoughts. We'll record this forever to use as we choose. Trust us.
As a global population, we seem to have made this deal, but I'm not aware of ever being consciously offered the choice. Can I change my mind now?
Re: NSA tracking cellphone locations worldwide, Snowden documents show
#8From the article: NSA Director Keith Alexander disclosed in Senate testimony in October that the NSA had run a pilot project in 2010 and 2011 to collect “samples” of U.S. cellphone location data. The data collected were never available for intelligence analysis purposes, and the project was discontinued because it had no “operational value,” he said. Alexander allowed that a broader collection of such data “may be so…
Google Maps does this. The only difference is that Google informs you before you turn on location services.
And that Google isn't limited by the Constitution in the ways that the Federal government supposedly is.
Re: NSA tracking cellphone locations worldwide, Snowden documents show
#9So the deal modern man was presented with was this: we'll give you instant global communication for pennies, but in return governments and corporations will closely monitor everyone on the planet: where they are, who they call, how long the call is, their texts, messages, and other communications -- basically their thoughts. We'll record this forever to use as we choose. Trust us. As a global population, we seem to h…
Yes, just stop using the internet and phones.
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#10Meta topic, but it seems kind of rude to link to the print page. The washington post is already a very readable site, If i don't want ads, i'll use adblock.
or Readability