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progressoid

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19. The good news...

Mon May 7, 2012, 07:19 PM

May 2012

The good news (if there is any) is that the sheer volume of internet traffic and emails sent in a single day is far too much to be read by human eyes. Instead, the government will likely need to rely on complicated algorithms to assess each transmission and decide if they represent a security threat. So you're probably out of the government's earshot here... as long as you watch what you say.

Yeah, that is good news.

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The NSA is building a massive data center in Utah to read every email you'll ever send. [View all] cynatnite May 2012 OP

sick! fascisthunter May 2012 #1

And all the emails you've sent in the past will receive a complementary Mormon baptism. tanyev May 2012 #2

BWAHAHAHAHA Generic Other May 2012 #8

!!! LadyHawkAZ May 2012 #16

What happens if we start listing fake ancestors? aquart May 2012 #46

As long as they're baptized, it doesn't matter. n/t cynatnite May 2012 #52

If your message is really important you just send a raven. jp11 May 2012 #3

Dark wings dark words. white_wolf May 2012 #30

settle down. sensible woodchucks know if ya haven't done anything wrong, ya got nothing to worry KG May 2012 #4

When I told a woodchuck co-worker about this, IDemo May 2012 #13

Attention conservatives: this is your big fucking government!!!! Initech May 2012 #5

Can they crack word substitution? Auggie May 2012 #6

They just use a simple grammar checker fer that... don't ya know Agony May 2012 #10

Well, you'd have to change "North Tower" too ... Auggie May 2012 #48

Why are we letting our government do this shit to us? whatchamacallit May 2012 #7

It is not "our" government anymore and hasn't been for some time. nt PufPuf23 May 2012 #21

Good point whatchamacallit May 2012 #24

No democratic republic can long endure without an informed citizenry. Selatius May 2012 #29

They gonna do spellcheck and correct our grammar too? Generic Other May 2012 #9

Time to buy some carrier pigeons Autumn May 2012 #11

massive DURec KG May 2012 #12

This image will be on a plaque outside the entrance: IDemo May 2012 #14

That's not the face that's taking away our rights NOW... FiveGoodMen May 2012 #20

True, maybe just the words since that's been the sentiment for a decade.. IDemo May 2012 #22

I for one welcome our new NSA overlords! Rex May 2012 #15

I would like to read more about this. NCTraveler May 2012 #17

I don't recall any citizenship questions when I signed up for my email account. bluedigger May 2012 #31

Why would there be a citizenship question on your email account. nt. NCTraveler May 2012 #35

So the government would know to stay out of it? bluedigger May 2012 #36

Really? NCTraveler May 2012 #38

You said you were okay with it if it was for non-citizens. bluedigger May 2012 #43

You can read much more about this at this link bupkus May 2012 #37

Thank you. nt. NCTraveler May 2012 #40

You're welcome. Enjoy the very frightening article. nt bupkus May 2012 #42

But computer algorithms couldn't POSSIBLY make a mistake kenny blankenship May 2012 #18

The good news... progressoid May 2012 #19

Everyone should install PGP or GPG, or at least learn Navajo slackmaster May 2012 #23

what if a file was encrypted twice. KCS72000 May 2012 #63

You may be right. I don't grok cryptology. slackmaster May 2012 #64

Read ALL of them? Good luck with that! Odin2005 May 2012 #25

Hey, I was told that the US should become more like Cuba. joshcryer May 2012 #26

I'll have to make mine ultra-ultra boring then Turbineguy May 2012 #27

They're spying on us to protect our freedoms. Kinda like screwing for chastity. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2012 #28

I actually don't send out so many emails usrname May 2012 #32

Good! Let 'em have all the spam! Better yet... longship May 2012 #33

Interesting davidthegnome May 2012 #34

Jam their system. Make sure you have the "bad words" in every email you send. Zalatix May 2012 #39

If this is a federal initiative. NCTraveler May 2012 #41

Good, they can hire a biliion monkeys to read them all too. bemildred May 2012 #44

Loyalty Quotient and Terror Quotient will be assigned to each citizen/ resident by computer. kenny blankenship May 2012 #58

Bring it. nt bemildred May 2012 #60

I pity the fool that has to read mine... BiggJawn May 2012 #45

This is what happens when we keep pretending everything is okay woo me with science May 2012 #47

Secrecy is a funny business. Robb May 2012 #49

STELLAR WIND: NSA program spied on "hundreds of millions" of Americans, says Thomas Drake jakeXT May 2012 #50

IMO Mr Dixon May 2012 #51

You're right about that. EFerrari May 2012 #55

Didn't we use to have something called the Fourth Amendment? Comrade Grumpy May 2012 #53

IMO Mr Dixon May 2012 #54

Top-secret, eh? GeorgeGist May 2012 #56

It is no longer necessary to ask whether fascism is coming. nt BlueIris May 2012 #57

Obviously the solution is to counter LiberalEsto May 2012 #59

Didn't the Xfiles have a season revolve around data collecting? sarcasmo May 2012 #61

One way to mess them up DFW May 2012 #62

They can read mine if they want, but that's got to be the worst job in the world bhikkhu May 2012 #65