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Diclotican

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29. WillyT
Tue Aug 14, 2012, 08:37 PM
Aug 2012

WillyT

The National Security Agency NSA have powers, and legal rights that even RVS, FSB, GRU, or the old KGB of the Soviet union was not anywhere to have the possibility to collect, and to act on... Everyone think that the old KGB of the Soviet Union was all-powerfully and was able to know down everything, everywhere anytime.. But the fact is, that KGB, as so many other intelligence systems of the old Soviet block, was in most cases blind as a bat, if they had not anyone to tell them what was happening around the country.. And a lot of information never got to the ones who might was in need of it... That was one of the reasons, the early 1990s ended so bad for Gorbatsjev - and the Soviet Union, because the one who needed the right information never got it...

Even Stasi in East Germany had problems getting on top of it, when things was going bad for the government of East Germany in the fall of 1989... And Stasi was one of the smartest, most advanced, and also one of the most lethal intelligence systems in the whole of the eastern block under most of the cold war...

NSA, can if they choose, from their enormous databases pick up, and collect everything, from everyone. And also have it on screens in just seconds, maybe minutes at worst.. That is the real danger, NSA can, and will misuse it, as everyone who are in power have always being doing.. The NSA have always been secret, and powerful - now after 2001, they can virtually spy on everyone, everywhere in the US, or in the world...

And it will be far more difficult to defend yourself against NSA, than it was to protect yourself against some of the other spy organizations all over the world.. As the world goes digital, we give away tonnes of information, tonnes of private thoughts minds and what else we give away, for free that is... In old times, you could at least keep your mind to yourself - or keep a private book, who was not always difficult for the security system to get a hand on.. Today, we use digital systems to almost everything - even our inner things, who we should keep under lock and key if we was smart...

And you dosen't need to be paranoid - to be afraid someone is keeping an eye on you - not in this days and age...


Diclotican

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Fucking flash drives. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #1
That's why I'm still using eight inch floppies. Scuba Aug 2012 #3
Okay, you've got me beat. I've got 5 1/4, but not 8". HopeHoops Aug 2012 #6
Yeah, I've got some 8086 machines here that still do what they always did. Scuba Aug 2012 #7
Well, the VIC-20 and C=64 still work, as does the Apple-II. Don't think any 8086's are around. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #10
You need therapy. Scuba Aug 2012 #17
So I've heard. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #19
This is the single greatest threat to this nation that we face, even worse than plutocracy 1-Old-Man Aug 2012 #2
This is the plutocracy. Every intelligence agency this nation has had has been run and staffed by Egalitarian Thug Aug 2012 #36
Nah. This is a normal the-price-of-freedom-is-eternal-vigilance. A watched pot, if you will. aquart Aug 2012 #65
Didn't he read his non-disclosure forms? :) CabCurious Aug 2012 #4
Um whatchamacallit Aug 2012 #5
I wonder is he the Wikileaks whistle-blower? Sounds like he has some integrity if he sabrina 1 Aug 2012 #8
Not According To This Piece: WillyT Aug 2012 #9
That is a scary article. Now I'm beginning to see why the FISA bill was so important to sabrina 1 Aug 2012 #21
Eh? So an expectation of privacy is a hallmark of the terrorist mind? Beartracks Aug 2012 #38
Lol, distance yourself or be guilty by association! sabrina 1 Aug 2012 #45
OMG, you replied. Now I'm pal'ing around with a cash user! Beartracks Aug 2012 #47
Sounds like he has enough integrity to AVOID wikileaks and charlatans like Assange CabCurious Aug 2012 #12
Omg, 'charlatans like Assange'? You've got to be kidding. sabrina 1 Aug 2012 #15
I Think You Meant...Heroes Like Wikileaks And Assange... WillyT Aug 2012 #20
Mm-hm. sibelian Aug 2012 #48
Welcome to my Ignore list, douche - n/t coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #50
what do you call that? =Totalitarianism dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #18
Yes, that's the word I was looking for, thank you! sabrina 1 Aug 2012 #24
There is a serious movement to move us from a cash society dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #34
'The land of the Free'?? sabrina 1 Aug 2012 #46
For the benefit of the NSA, let me say that I think that you're doing a great job. AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2012 #11
They have a special cabinet for NSA Brown-Nosers :) CabCurious Aug 2012 #13
I also think that other agencies in the Obama Administration are doing a great job. AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2012 #14
And the only reason I follow Wikileaks on Twitter (and Bradley Manning) is because sabrina 1 Aug 2012 #16
LOL !!! WillyT Aug 2012 #22
Here's a Wired article that shows the spying in detail: dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #23
Wow!! From Wired too, not a CS publication. sabrina 1 Aug 2012 #25
They spend their time with lobbyists and playing video games. nt valerief Aug 2012 #27
Oh Man... They Just HAD To Put It In Utah... WillyT Aug 2012 #26
Orrin Hatch, bringing them jobs to Utah. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #31
Thanks for posting Dixie Hydra Aug 2012 #56
If only they would use that power for world peace dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #57
It's all interrelated I think Hydra Aug 2012 #58
I would like to welcome the NSA to the thread. obxhead Aug 2012 #28
WillyT Diclotican Aug 2012 #29
Yep... And We "Spied Upon" Taxpayers Footed The Bills For Those Cray Computers They're Using... WillyT Aug 2012 #30
It started in February 2001 tiny elvis Aug 2012 #32
just thought I'd pop in and say "Hi!" to the NSA magical thyme Aug 2012 #33
So what does this all mean for Agent Mike? truebrit71 Aug 2012 #35
I'm sure the White House and/or congress will launch an investigation into the abuses of the NSA. Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2012 #37
LOL !!! WillyT Aug 2012 #39
God, we are so screwed. nt woo me with science Aug 2012 #40
Oh, yes, for sure! kath Aug 2012 #63
Welcome to neoAmerica. woo me with science Aug 2012 #41
This all started with The Selection's White House occupancy in 2001... pacalo Aug 2012 #42
Wow! Zax2me Aug 2012 #43
What everyone really needs to understand about the majority of cops, is that Zorra Aug 2012 #44
Does this mean we need to wrap with KoKo Aug 2012 #54
... xchrom Aug 2012 #49
Seems to me, that much data is as good as no data. aquart Aug 2012 #51
On the contrary Hydra Aug 2012 #55
They do, huh? aquart Aug 2012 #59
You're quite right Hydra Aug 2012 #60
The military has some brilliant people upi402 Aug 2012 #62
If we fill the jails with political prisoners, can we let the potsmokers go? aquart Aug 2012 #64
*Shrugs* Hydra Aug 2012 #66
Anyone who was shocked by this at Defcon, shouldn't have been at Defcon. Zalatix Aug 2012 #52
That's why I don't use the Internet. Kablooie Aug 2012 #53
A hero upi402 Aug 2012 #61
The President has really dropped the ball when it comes to this stuff Marrah_G Aug 2012 #67
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