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[timdog44]

208. I am afraid

that a number of people think I am one of those fools. But, NOT!!! I do not like the idea of being spied upon. Especially by the corporate world who I fear more than the government in the abuses that can and do get done. There is absolutely a place for surveillance. I think there is a big hue and cry at this time as it is a total unknown as to how much is being done on US citizens and exactly which ones. From what I understand, and I admit to not understanding much about it, the monitoring of information is mostly calls and internet exchanges with countries that are known to be dangerous to the US. That could, conceivably be quite a few as I don't think the US is very highly thought of around the world. I think one of the big fears of the government is the hacking that has taken place by China. Thus, a lot of traffic to and from there would be put into a security bank. I don't doubt that Israel is/has hacked us and they do not have a stellar history with the US, witness the USS Liberty.

To that end, I can understand the surveillance. Until our computers in the US can be secured from hacking, and that should be a priority of the "spy" agencies, a vastly reduced number of spy agencies, and government "spy" agencies besides (meaning no "mercenary type of spy groups) the surveillance needs go on. I do not like it, but it is best to be one step ahead.

But to your Google search plan. That is very interesting and I had not thought of that aspect of all this. Even phone calls to unusual places would be in order. But I suppose that we are talking about this puts us on some list already. But I like your thinking. My life is not that interesting either, but could make it so by the above methods. I think you are a sneaker.

But this is not harmless stuff. Once something is taken away from you, it very rarely is given back. And our civil liberties are at risk. Thank god for the ACLU. At least they force a test of this kind of thing out in the public eye.