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2banon

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97. You're not listening to me. The "Assumption of Privacy"

Sat Mar 1, 2014, 09:12 PM

Mar 2014

Look, I am a PRIVACY, ANTI-SPYING Advocate. I have weighed in on numerous Edward Snowden threads supporting the dissemination of his reports, right here on DU. Snowden (among others) is someone I appreciate for revealing/exposing what I have either known or intuited for over a decade, which the M$M has blithely ignored despite numerous whistleblower reports from others who have revealed similar NSA activities, until Snowden interestingly.

I agree we SHOULD live with the assumption that our internet activity is private, but we HAVE KNOWN that it is NOT PRIVATE for years and years. I'm not spinning anything. It's just a fact. Bush took our nation to war based on Lies of WMD etc. That's a fact. That's not a spin. And neither is the fact that everything we say and do online is NOT PRIVATE with the exception of high security encryption protocols.. it's all out there and always has been. You may have assumed your blinds were drawn, but it just ain't so. sorry to be the one to break it ya.

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The NSA Is Spying on Your Webcam Sex [View all] Purveyor Feb 2014 OP

We've always known this Aerows Feb 2014 #1

you forgot questionseverything Feb 2014 #2

Damn Aerows Feb 2014 #3

Also, 'it's not sex-spying, it's only meta-sex-spying!!1!1!' nt appal_jack Feb 2014 #6

Why make such a big deal out of it? Aerows Feb 2014 #11

And besides we haven't gotten to the point where some yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #19

I know. Aerows Feb 2014 #22

Well if the NSA follows suit... yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #25

I thought it was the UK and that they shared info with NSA? nt kelliekat44 Feb 2014 #85

They do Aerows Feb 2014 #86

I ponder how many of those images are of underage minors? You can bet Purveyor Feb 2014 #4

How many of them Aerows Feb 2014 #5

+100,000,000 RC Feb 2014 #33

That's my stance on it. Aerows Feb 2014 #41

Too bad our government doesn't have that same views as you do on this. RC Feb 2014 #53

My personal favorite is one I saw yesterday. Marr Feb 2014 #8

To be entirely fair Fumesucker Feb 2014 #17

LOL 1000words Feb 2014 #27

Damn right. And quit being paranoid. jsr Feb 2014 #9

People monitoring you having sex with your spouse Aerows Feb 2014 #15

And, the taxpayers are paying them to do it. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2014 #7

We're also paying for replacement keyboards jsr Feb 2014 #10

Taxpayers paid for your wife and you to be Aerows Feb 2014 #12

It does not sound like they are specifically going after your intimate acts treestar Feb 2014 #13

It's alright if they accidentally see you having sex with your spouse Aerows Feb 2014 #16

what could? treestar Feb 2014 #57

Invasion of privacy? No problem! pipoman Feb 2014 #60

I'm going to reiterate my message from above. Aerows Feb 2014 #71

The NSA used to SAVE and SNIGGER over the good bits of servicepeople's calls in 2008 Pholus Feb 2014 #42

They keep you safe Aerows Feb 2014 #48

one or two people do wrong things treestar Feb 2014 #58

Surely then you can point to examples of this surveillance pipoman Feb 2014 #61

The problem isn't one or two people doing the wrong things Aerows Feb 2014 #74

Ahhhh, Bush's "A FEW BAD APPLES" defense. Pholus Mar 2014 #88

So a private chat room should be open to anyone? SomethingFishy Mar 2014 #93

I have never assumed privacy with webcams.. DCBob Feb 2014 #14

I've never assumed under the Consitution Aerows Feb 2014 #18

And if people are ignorant that makes it perfectly OK to spy on them. Fumesucker Feb 2014 #21

Of course it is! Aerows Feb 2014 #23

that's a pretty lame defense neverforget Feb 2014 #56

wasnt meant to be a defense.. just a reality check. DCBob Feb 2014 #59

A reality check Aerows Feb 2014 #75

You're doing gyrations to justify this Armstead Feb 2014 #87

Glad I sold the webcam sex business! NaturalHigh Feb 2014 #20

When something as personal and private Aerows Feb 2014 #28

I agree completely. NaturalHigh Feb 2014 #34

Nah... the problem is people are gullible whistler162 Feb 2014 #36

I think a lot of people are gullible Aerows Feb 2014 #39

Unless they are very much aware Aerows Feb 2014 #43

One unanswered question from abu ghraib prison scandal was if there was an ongoing sexual blackmail Jesus Malverde Mar 2014 #90

Abu Ghraib was a horrific chapter in US history Aerows Mar 2014 #91

The allegations of torture at Guantanamo Bay continue today as well. riderinthestorm Mar 2014 #96

Well, I hope they enjoy the show ellie Feb 2014 #24

They got an eyeful from my house Aerows Feb 2014 #26

I never understood why web cam this stuff? 2banon Feb 2014 #29

Uh, maybe people separated miss each other? pipoman Feb 2014 #62

that's what I consider arrested development 2banon Feb 2014 #67

Maybe you should look at that. pipoman Feb 2014 #68

anything and everything on the internet is public 2banon Feb 2014 #69

Who are you to judge what Aerows Feb 2014 #73

The point is : Anything done on line IS PUBLIC. 2banon Feb 2014 #76

No, it's more like they didn't close the blinds and some random stranger with binoculars was looking Fumesucker Feb 2014 #77

I understand the analogy, but in reality it was always a fallacy. 2banon Feb 2014 #80

It's a wonder that everyone with an online account hasn't lost all their money to hacking Fumesucker Feb 2014 #81

Maybe not everyone, but it's happened enough to know not to do on line banking/shopping. 2banon Feb 2014 #82

And you could die in a car crash on the way to or from the store or the bank Fumesucker Feb 2014 #83

look, whatever floats your boat.. 2banon Feb 2014 #84

If there is an assumption of privacy Aerows Mar 2014 #92

You're not listening to me. The "Assumption of Privacy" 2banon Mar 2014 #97

I suspect a large percentage of the people doing this right now are deployed military opiate69 Feb 2014 #79

Ever met a roadie? SomethingFishy Mar 2014 #94

Not mine. WillowTree Feb 2014 #30

Is this how they nabbed Corey Booker's flirting? nt grasswire Feb 2014 #31

Probably Aerows Feb 2014 #46

Thank God SOMEONE Is Trying To Clean The Filth, and Smut, Off The Internet! Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #32

My thoughts exactly. NaturalHigh Feb 2014 #35

Or brave heroes Aerows Feb 2014 #38

You just want the Forniterrorists to Forniwin. Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #54

Whoever could have guessed we have so many closeted exhibitionists on DU? Fumesucker Feb 2014 #37

We already knew this Aerows Feb 2014 #40

I guess this is just another example of when everyone agrees a thread doesn't get many posts Fumesucker Feb 2014 #47

I think I saw a boob Aerows Feb 2014 #49

But was it a microgravity boob? Fumesucker Feb 2014 #50

It wasn't on camera Aerows Feb 2014 #51

I find it more surprising that we have pipoman Feb 2014 #63

It's exhibitionism when you like for others to watch you having sex Fumesucker Feb 2014 #64

Wrong pipoman Feb 2014 #65

It's those who *aren't* saying anything I find interesting Fumesucker Feb 2014 #66

Perhaps Skinner can create a "Nude Lounge" for those that aren't afraid to bare all ;) nt adirondacker Feb 2014 #70

I remember hearing something about a hot tub Fumesucker Feb 2014 #78

Hey, why change -- NSA used to save and share sexcerpts from their eavesdropping.... Pholus Feb 2014 #44

It keeps us safer Aerows Feb 2014 #45

Past is prologue.... Pholus Feb 2014 #52

Ya got a lotta optic nerve if ya ask me n/t Generic Other Feb 2014 #55

Holding my opinion on this until I hear from the guy from Fox! nt Romulox Feb 2014 #72

lol woo me with science Mar 2014 #89

11% was "undesirable nudity"� so what percent was DESIRABLE NUDITY? KittyWampus Mar 2014 #95

kick for a reminder. n/t wildbilln864 Mar 2014 #98