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1StrongBlackMan

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70. Doesn't that give you reason for pause? ...

Tue Aug 13, 2013, 12:11 AM

Aug 2013

There clearly is an anti-government thing going on ... but when you take down governments, what does that leave? Corporations!

I, by far, trust governments more than corporations.

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How many of you people who are stressed out about spying are on Facebook? [View all] we can do it Aug 2013 OP

We all unfriended you about an hour ago leftstreet Aug 2013 #1

Wait a minute - I'm not on Facebook....... we can do it Aug 2013 #4

Yes YOU are Politicalboi Aug 2013 #9

Then you, sir or madam, are no patriot! leftstreet Aug 2013 #10

Well, I guess you gotta call 'em like you see 'em. we can do it Aug 2013 #11

Shouldn't the first frame read ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2013 #12

That's actually a good point leftstreet Aug 2013 #14

I think your picture is right on target. kentuck Aug 2013 #44

I agree. He'd sell his mom for 50 bucks IMO. we can do it Aug 2013 #46

Isn't that the corporate prime objective ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2013 #71

Doesn't that give you reason for pause? ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2013 #70

Actually no. Wikileaks exposed the corruption of the Iceland Banks which led to the destruction of sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #56

I think you are mistaken ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2013 #72

I am not mistaken, but you are free to point out where you think I am and if you are correct sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #78

Wow n/t 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2013 #88

These are not the droids you are looking for. OnyxCollie Aug 2013 #81

What are you talking about? n/t 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2013 #89

Actually, you are in their database. JackRiddler Aug 2013 #48

That IS the point. we can do it Aug 2013 #52

Thats ok, just post your SSA #, phone, sexual orientation and address here. Katashi_itto Aug 2013 #96

Agent Mike? Fumesucker Aug 2013 #2

Darn, you caught me we can do it Aug 2013 #6

Dictionary: voluntary, consent. NuclearDem Aug 2013 #3

I voluntarily consent to having my personal habits SOLD to anyone with cash...... we can do it Aug 2013 #5

how about personal, private conversations with close friends or members of your family? frylock Aug 2013 #65

It's amazing, isn't it? How people totally miss that point. Everything you sign up for sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #7

And ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2013 #15

Who said anything about 'control' over Corporations? I am under no illusions about Government or sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #39

You ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2013 #69

Wrong again. You are confusing trust with the knowledge that the reality is there ARE tools that can sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #75

You're kidding, right? 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2013 #87

MY posts, hundreds of them, re 'holding this Presiden'ts feet to the fire'??? Then surely you can sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #97

Well ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2013 #98

So you can't. Didn't think so. Don't call someone dishonest if you are not prepared to prove it. sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #99

Actually you can reveal what you want at FB as well nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #45

FB sends cookies to your computer if you are not logged in. we can do it Aug 2013 #47

Many servers do that, not just FB nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #58

Sure, you can give a fake name etc. But they asked for information no other forum was asking for sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #49

I gave them the exact same amount of detail I gave Twitter nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #59

That was your choice. I gave them nothing, I gave Twitter nothing either but they didn't ask for sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #63

Exactly, I gave them exactly the same nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #67

Please tell me what I should be worried about concerning Facebook. cherokeeprogressive Aug 2013 #8

Is your google broke? - Oh never mind they sell your info, too. we can do it Aug 2013 #13

Can they arrest you? nt Union Scribe Aug 2013 #18

Can your phone arrest you? we can do it Aug 2013 #34

I can't tell if you really don't get it Union Scribe Aug 2013 #41

Poor humor, possibly...tragedy - nope. we can do it Aug 2013 #50

Actually ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2013 #91

Actually, it's much more likely I'd come under the microscope of your "Big Brother" for buying lamb cherokeeprogressive Aug 2013 #28

OMG111! They've bugged the meat now?11!? Glad I'm a vegetarian we can do it Aug 2013 #33

Look, I understand the thread isn't going quite the way you imagined... cherokeeprogressive Aug 2013 #35

See ya then....... we can do it Aug 2013 #43

Same with me Art_from_Ark Aug 2013 #32

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Hey, good point ! I think DHS should install chips in all of us, lovely idea. steve2470 Aug 2013 #16

Maybe they could put cameras on street corners and keep track of where we drive. we can do it Aug 2013 #17

yep, cameras in our homes next, lovely idea also steve2470 Aug 2013 #20

Maybe XBox could use it's camera to spy on you, too... we can do it Aug 2013 #21

yes splendid idea, I eagerly await my DHS-installed thought monitoring device steve2470 Aug 2013 #22

And don't forget, if you are not a paid member of DU, we can do it Aug 2013 #29

true ! I surrender to Scott McNealy who said in 1999 "You have zero privacy anyway. steve2470 Aug 2013 #31

He was being honest - you can't have access to everything without being accessed. we can do it Aug 2013 #61

He was wrong, too usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #76

Yep. Soon they'll secretly require all WALL manufacturers to imbed microscopic Amonester Aug 2013 #26

The Kinks were right - Paranoia may destroy ya we can do it Aug 2013 #30

Yes. Proverbial "bad luck" may get me... Amonester Aug 2013 #42

Since you mention the Kinks, I want to live like an HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #51

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2013 #60

Apples and Oranges usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #19

So now it's apple's fault we can do it Aug 2013 #25

the deniers got nothing but childish schoolyard insults usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #27

Who's a denier? I never lived in a fantasy world thinking I had privacy. we can do it Aug 2013 #37

Oh, I get it now usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #54

R#1 & K for, is this a trick question?!1 n/t UTUSN Aug 2013 #23

For some people it could be. we can do it Aug 2013 #24

i know what i reveal on facebook. however i dont assume that level of exposure La Lioness Priyanka Aug 2013 #36

And those who you connect to reval about you. we can do it Aug 2013 #38

We've all been up for sale in one way or another since birth. we can do it Aug 2013 #40

Post removed Post removed Aug 2013 #62

I'm not on Facebook. forestpath Aug 2013 #53

Welcome to our small club. we can do it Aug 2013 #55

LOL, thanks. forestpath Aug 2013 #66

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...or reactivate old DU accounts Union Scribe Aug 2013 #68

One has nothing to do with the other. n/t ohheckyeah Aug 2013 #73

Where does Facebook fit in with the other branches and checks and balances? TransitJohn Aug 2013 #74

This. Bonobo Aug 2013 #93

I'm not "stressed out" about spying; I'm pissed off. I don't do Facebook. n/t winter is coming Aug 2013 #77

I'm not. JoeyT Aug 2013 #79

How many cancer grannies has Facebook thrown in prison for smoking pot? Warren DeMontague Aug 2013 #80

i feel like facebook is spying. pansypoo53219 Aug 2013 #82

Where is this "demand" for information from FB? Atman Aug 2013 #83

what is this "facebook" you talk about PowerToThePeople Aug 2013 #84

Your username doesn't suit you very well. 'Just sayin. nt Electric Monk Aug 2013 #85

Don't expect the schizoids davidpdx Aug 2013 #86

what my FB profile says is 90% inaccurate. hobbit709 Aug 2013 #90

Where is your beef? Coyotl Aug 2013 #92

She would have loved FB damnedifIknow Aug 2013 #94

Under which of my 3 pseudonyms? TalkingDog Aug 2013 #95