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Erich Bloodaxe BSN

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27. Any encrypted message? Try any message.

Reply to joshcryer (Original post)

Sat Dec 13, 2014, 10:40 AM

Dec 2014

the communication is enciphered or reasonably
believed to have a secret meaning;

They get to define what is 'reasonable', so they can suggest that any message by anyone they suspect of anything has 'hidden encryption'. As soon as you hit their radar in any possible way, that's their loophole to keep every single thing you do online.

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Section 309 of H. R. 4681 just solidified NSA data collection and no one noticed. [View all] joshcryer Dec 2014 OP

I watched C-SPAN for the majority of the day yesterday. SamKnause Dec 2014 #1

Can't disagree with you there. joshcryer Dec 2014 #2

I don't have a clue even where to start. SamKnause Dec 2014 #3

BASTARDS grasswire Dec 2014 #4

Big thanks to you for posting this. I ran across it about 24 hrs. ago snappyturtle Dec 2014 #5

NSA spying keeps over 400k people in jobs. joshcryer Dec 2014 #9

KICK! nt snappyturtle Dec 2014 #30

How could it get anything but worse? DeSwiss Dec 2014 #6

What kind of grandmother lets her grandson cheat like that? JDPriestly Dec 2014 #8

Please don't take this the wrong way, you are certainly free to raise your child in any manner Trillo Dec 2014 #16

Don't worry. This fight has just begun. JDPriestly Dec 2014 #7

Obviously they don't intend for it to go awry. joshcryer Dec 2014 #10

You have really bought up a good point. What a backroom method for tptb snappyturtle Dec 2014 #31

So, basically, we're back to the pre-FISA days before 1978, legally Recursion Dec 2014 #11

FISA has been a kangaroo rubber stamp court since the PATRIOT Act. joshcryer Dec 2014 #13

Well if you have UglyGreed Dec 2014 #12

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I remember the stories of Big Bad Russia newfie11 Dec 2014 #17

I was trying to find that section, it seemed to be mis-titled and mis-summarized. Trillo Dec 2014 #18

Bingo! Sen. Feinstein was one busy lady. Add SA 3955 to the Senate side of snappyturtle Dec 2014 #32

Evil motherfuckers seldom comes the day without some outrage. I wonder what is snuck over the plate TheKentuckian Dec 2014 #19

You know what the solution is? joshcryer Dec 2014 #20

That is not a solution but treatment of a symptom as the disease grows worse in worse TheKentuckian Dec 2014 #21

This legislation shows that the political solution is far away. joshcryer Dec 2014 #22

I guess I'd be closer to agreement except the opposite doesn't hold. Issues with minimal interest TheKentuckian Dec 2014 #34

Section 215 of the Patriot Act is up this Spring. nt msanthrope Dec 2014 #23

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More of the fruits of brinksmanship. HereSince1628 Dec 2014 #25

".... and the land of the freeeeeeeeeee...." truebrit71 Dec 2014 #26

Any encrypted message? Try any message. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2014 #27

I think "technical assurance or compliance purposes" is much looser. joshcryer Dec 2014 #29

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