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DevonRex

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14. It is absolutely IMPOSSIBLE to say who is on the other end

Fri Aug 9, 2013, 02:50 PM

Aug 2013

with 100% certainty unless you have eyes on them, know them, have some way to ID them. Do you not understand WHY NSA cannot say how many have been swept up? Even when you have a phone number or an email address you have no certainty who is on the other end.

They do their best to target non-Americans.

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Um ProSense Aug 2013 #1

It doesn't prohibit anything, it makes it legal. Rex Aug 2013 #3

No, and it doesn't give permission. In the ProSense Aug 2013 #4

They are not targeting American citizens. Rex Aug 2013 #5

+1 An unfathomably slimy strategy. woo me with science Aug 2013 #11

All the talk about 'targeting' is like pretending there is a drone Rex Aug 2013 #13

Yup, and what's the alternative? woo me with science Aug 2013 #15

You would need an alt backbone to the WWW. Rex Aug 2013 #18

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Its not unconstitutional ,,,,, Cryptoad Aug 2013 #45

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That is 100% correct.. SomethingFishy Aug 2013 #9

It is absolutely IMPOSSIBLE to say who is on the other end DevonRex Aug 2013 #14

Yes I do understand... What I don't understand is how SomethingFishy Aug 2013 #17

People forget that it is a virtual world. Rex Aug 2013 #20

Way before this, and even now, in a radio frequency world, DevonRex Aug 2013 #36

No they do NOT "do their best" to target non-americans. bvar22 Aug 2013 #44

no they are not lying,,,,, Cryptoad Aug 2013 #47

What makes you say that? According to them they have the information SomethingFishy Aug 2013 #51

Thats what the Tea Party Cryptoad Aug 2013 #64

Yeah. This IS the foreign program. Not domestic. That is the section DevonRex Aug 2013 #10

Not only that, but ProSense Aug 2013 #32

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K&R. truebluegreen Aug 2013 #12

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