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31. A number of people I know are now putting tape over their built-in webcams.

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Mon Jul 22, 2013, 01:03 PM

Jul 2013

They're convinced the gov't can operate them remotely.

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NSA Leaks About Spying Are Scaring Some Americans Away From The Internet [View all] bemildred Jul 2013 OP

du rec. xchrom Jul 2013 #1

I think this is where the real trouble is going to come. bemildred Jul 2013 #2

+1 nt snappyturtle Jul 2013 #8

+2 n/t Catherina Jul 2013 #12

PRISM: Tech Companies Keep Trying to Gain Back Trust bemildred Jul 2013 #15

Too late. Lay down with dogs get up with fleas. Great article. nt Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #41

I'd fire their asses for ever getting in bed with this myself, all of them. bemildred Jul 2013 #42

+3 n/t NealK Jul 2013 #63

Some time back there was warnings of posting comments on Facebook because potential employers was Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #3

That shit needs to stop. LuvNewcastle Jul 2013 #7

When a person chooses to put their comments on social sites it becomes public. Don't blame the Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #20

You would curtail someone's freedoms because you don't like the SMELL? Cronus Protagonist Jul 2013 #40

It's amazing to me that some people around here not only LuvNewcastle Jul 2013 #58

Why don't I have some freedoms also? Why should others infringe on my air? Why do I have to Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #74

I'm sure you go to the bathroom to fart, right? Cronus Protagonist Jul 2013 #77

WTH are you infringing on my airspace of my armpit, I guess you are into a new excitement, hope it Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #137

What does this have to do with the smell of stale cigarette smoke? Answer: nothing. Quantess Jul 2013 #130

Understand this. LuvNewcastle Jul 2013 #54

I got you, you want your freedoms but to hell with others freedoms. If we are to live in a free Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #75

I made it pretty clear that I was talking about people who LuvNewcastle Jul 2013 #82

Take your time, take a breath and before you berate someone read what is said. i do Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #100

You're allowing yourself to be dragged off the topic. Quantess Jul 2013 #131

If a person chooses to put their comments on a social site with passworded access, that information djean111 Jul 2013 #64

Always know information is being recorded, facebook is a social network, you want to remain private, Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #78

And in California shanti Jul 2013 #84

I agree that the intrusions were known but I think Snowden's snappyturtle Jul 2013 #14

Did you hear Bush in 2005 talking about the collection of phone calls? Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #21

Absolutely! It was troubling then too but now the early snappyturtle Jul 2013 #60

Sorry you did not understand when Bush said this. It is perhaps something we may not like but Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #73

I think you may be leaving xfundy Jul 2013 #81

THAT'S the point...we only had a water gun back then....nt snappyturtle Jul 2013 #99

And now you have used the water, what is next. Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #102

Evidence. nt snappyturtle Jul 2013 #103

Still going with your water gun analogy? Quantess Jul 2013 #135

WTH are you trying to say, I apparently am not in the type of crowds you hang with, you neef a new Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #136

neef a new leaf? You just told me you love sweetleaf. Quantess Jul 2013 #139

I dont know where you are trying to go on this, I am beginning to think only after GG wrote his Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #101

Well you were wrong in my case as I explained. You come out with snappyturtle Jul 2013 #105

When did you first learn of the data collection? Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #106

There you go again with your poorly fitting analogies. Quantess Jul 2013 #133

And one's employer might do something treestar Jul 2013 #69

Some may find this laughable. But I think a sizeable fraction of the public will react this way. reformist2 Jul 2013 #4

I'm reminded of a Dilbert cartoon IDemo Jul 2013 #35

i don't. and i never will. HiPointDem Jul 2013 #117

I know a few people who have disabled their Facebook accounts. LuvNewcastle Jul 2013 #5

I think anyone who is 'awake' has given some thought to their snappyturtle Jul 2013 #6

I guess I should stop posting on DU. ... spin Jul 2013 #9

You laugh, some people will...this is well trodden terrain nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #16

Many here have argued that if you are doing nothing wrong, you have nothing to fear ... spin Jul 2013 #22

Well let me counter with a quote from somebody who actually lived nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #23

Supposedly J. Edgar Hoover was the most powerful man in America. ... spin Jul 2013 #24

You ignore all this at your peril nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #27

I don't think we are disagreeing. ... spin Jul 2013 #30

But you are denying that this is actually nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #38

Do you favor a police state? ... spin Jul 2013 #48

I favor it so much that we actually took photos of nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #49

I noticed that post. ... spin Jul 2013 #55

hey the Mayor will NOT survive this nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #61

I too minimize the person rather than the position when I lack anything of substance to further a di LanternWaste Jul 2013 #87

That's not "counter" to what the other poster said, it goes along with it. Silent3 Jul 2013 #43

Pretty much...yeah. n/t zappaman Jul 2013 #52

That's really eerie. NealK Jul 2013 #62

And don't forget to put some electrical tape over that camera on your TV snooper2 Jul 2013 #26

You don't think the NSA can intimidate "subversives" like many DUers? AZ Progressive Jul 2013 #46

Because the Government is vitally interested in the MineralMan Jul 2013 #10

LOL kpete Jul 2013 #11

There are studies on this nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #13

In relation to the privacy issue is control of nationwide communication. snappyturtle Jul 2013 #44

It is a double edged sword nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #47

How low has internet traffic fallen? Progressive dog Jul 2013 #17

Lots of tips in this article marions ghost Jul 2013 #18

I am a reporter, and I ask nasty questions nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #28

That is why this is a 1st amendment issue as well as a 4th usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jul 2013 #19

+1 The chilling of free association and dissent. woo me with science Jul 2013 #25

Anyone who leaves the Internet because of the NSA reports ProSense Jul 2013 #29

I am staying and I believe the info that has been released Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #45

You don't have anything to worry about right now because you always spout the "company line." totodeinhere Jul 2013 #57

I find what the Obama Administration is doing to be just fine. AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2013 #67

You may, but apparently a lot of other people don't, hence this article about totodeinhere Jul 2013 #80

Apparently sarcasm is not readily identified as such on the web. AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2013 #86

A number of people I know are now putting tape over their built-in webcams. VWolf Jul 2013 #31

They are correct actually nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #33

That's what you have to do. nt bemildred Jul 2013 #34

I get their concern, but microphones are a problem, too cprise Jul 2013 #65

+1 woo me with science Jul 2013 #97

We just have to watch what we say and do online. Skip Intro Jul 2013 #32

It is disgusting that in this country, represented as a "free" country, its citizens totodeinhere Jul 2013 #50

Attorneys have an ethical duty to keep the confidential information from their clients confidential. AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2013 #36

High quality encryption cannot be "broken". Not even by the NSA. bemildred Jul 2013 #39

You say that Snowden said that? When? Where? AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2013 #66

I am knowledgeable, not expert. bemildred Jul 2013 #76

I'm not asking for your personal history. You say that you have special knowledge. I'm asking AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2013 #85

You are free to believe what you like, why annoy me about it? bemildred Jul 2013 #88

I am the one who filed the post at #36. You are the one who countered that by saying (#39) "High AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2013 #90

Right, I answered your question. bemildred Jul 2013 #93

Promises, promises. AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2013 #95

You must be a really great attorney too. bemildred Jul 2013 #98

That's not a claim to "special knowledge" cprise Jul 2013 #107

Yep, you could throw all of current computing and performance theory in the toilet, right there. bemildred Jul 2013 #138

I will add one caveat cprise Jul 2013 #140

Agreed. That would be a start anyway. bemildred Jul 2013 #141

And it is really tacky to not at least thank me for digging up Snowden's statement too. nt bemildred Jul 2013 #89

You haven't been thanked? Do you play the victim very much? How often? AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2013 #92

There was also a Guardian piece I recall about the handling of bulk data bemildred Jul 2013 #79

AOL-Huffpost does not seem overly concerned. ucrdem Jul 2013 #37

I never go on the internet! zappaman Jul 2013 #51

And we appreciate that, too! randome Jul 2013 #110

Hello NSA PatrynXX Jul 2013 #53

my recent facebook is my government spying on me episode 90-percent Jul 2013 #56

And they all lived happily ever after NoPasaran Jul 2013 #59

Need to do more than disconnect the Internet. How to do it *all the way* Trillo Jul 2013 #68

K&R NealK Jul 2013 #70

IMO those people are being silly treestar Jul 2013 #71

Thank You For Sharing cantbeserious Jul 2013 #72

Eh, ever since AOL contaminated Usenet in 1993 it's been downhill anyway. Pholus Jul 2013 #83

Well, it's the money, most of that, the profit motive leads naturally to selling crap. bemildred Jul 2013 #91

I guess its time to think of the next best thing. Pholus Jul 2013 #94

Indeed. The constant techology churn is necessary to keep the money-machine rolling. bemildred Jul 2013 #96

The Internet was invented by a small community of researchers who trusted each other FarCenter Jul 2013 #104

Well DUH! That's the whole point. dogknob Jul 2013 #108

No no, don't try to cheer me up. bemildred Jul 2013 #118

Shit! Three people mentioned in the article have slacked off from using the Internet! randome Jul 2013 #109

Considering the amount ot time and effort spent to get people to "use the internet" bemildred Jul 2013 #111

Getting people to use the Internet is a societal change, not driven by individual companies. randome Jul 2013 #112

Actually, it was. They spent a lot of money on it too. bemildred Jul 2013 #113

"It matters not to corporations whether someone uses the Internet or walks into a brick and mortar HiPointDem Jul 2013 #119

True but even that is starting to evaporate. randome Jul 2013 #123

the tax advantage may be rescinded because the purpose has been achieved. as is to be HiPointDem Jul 2013 #124

Yep. Facebook has slowed waay down compared with the past couple of years. Quantess Jul 2013 #114

Facebook has to hate this. It clobbered their whole business plan. bemildred Jul 2013 #116

good. HiPointDem Jul 2013 #115

Works fine for me too. bemildred Jul 2013 #120

the only thing i would miss if the whole thing disappeared would be ease of research. HiPointDem Jul 2013 #121

Quite. bemildred Jul 2013 #122

you're probably talking in computer terms -- before the internet but after some other 'net'. HiPointDem Jul 2013 #125

Yeah, I started with computers around 1967, but we are still on the same page, I believe. bemildred Jul 2013 #126

The new America...... people becoming afraid of their own government davidn3600 Jul 2013 #127

The new America: the government desperately afraid of its own citizens. bemildred Jul 2013 #128

Something that doesn't make sense pipi_k Jul 2013 #129

addiction is more powerfull than fear nt markiv Jul 2013 #132

hey mr agent man...... madrchsod Jul 2013 #134