prism

[nelinho]

Prism, it rhymes with jizm.

Discuss.

[tiddles]

Re: prism

now it's coming out that they can listen to phone calls without a warrant? didn't obama go on tv and say they couldn't do that a few days ago....so he lied to the whole country. skip to 1:42

USA President Barack Obama Press Conference on PRISM and Federal Government Spying on Communication - YouTube

lol america lol

[nelinho]

Re: prism

Is it a tyranny yet?

[tiddles]

Re: prism

I don't know. I don't participate in that mess. I only keep filing my taxes and foreign income so I can renew my passport

[Michael^Heaven]

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now it's coming out that they can listen to phone calls without a warrant? didn't obama go on tv and say they couldn't do that a few days ago....so he lied to the whole country. skip to 1:42

USA President Barack Obama Press Conference on PRISM and Federal Government Spying on Communication - YouTube

lol america lol

The NSA has been monitoring phone calls since the Reagan administration (if not before). It's much more broad today. All of your phone records, health records, & internet/email activity are now stored in a massive database (which was upgraded within the past two years, BTW).

[Illuminate]

Re: prism

I think that is obvious enough that yes the Government and it's agencies have been collecting data, spying, espionage what ever you want to call it for a very, very long period. However, I think what scales this to a greater magnitude is coherently related with Obama - it feels as though the people have been duped to believe that the government has not been so intrusive - where they have.

It has obviously built up high enough following the NOTW scandal, and you could expect nothing less from this.

Here's a pretty good article on the fact:

I have watched Barack Obama transform into the security president

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/15/broken-promise-barack-obama

[res0nat0r]

Re: prism

Actually it was going on before even Bush but scaled way up right after 9/11. I've been reading The Shadow Factory actually off and on for about a month before this NSA story broke, and this book was published in 2008 and was talking about all of these type of programs being in place back then.

The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America by James Bamford - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists

Clinton passed CALEA which forced telecoms to install equipment letting the feds tap into their infrastructure to assist them with monitoring, and this was way back in 1994.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calea

Obama has just continued what was put in place (and probably expanded it as new tech becomes available). Also Snowden / The Guardian are walking back / "clarifying" their "direct access" talk. The NSA doesn't have direct access to any data from Google/Apple/Facebook and can't just pull stuff out of thin air when they want it.

Apple issues customer privacy statement | Hacker News

They can and do sniff tons of data that is freely floating around the net unencrypted though for analysis.

[nelinho]

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After all these wikileaks and prisms there hasn't been any light shed on 9/11 conspiracies/cover ups has there?

No tin foil hat responses please..not until I am wearing mine.

[tiddles]

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I'm really pleased with HK and Russia telling the US to go fuck itself





sup cia

[tiddles]

Re: prism

lol Vlad's comments are great

Putin: NSA whistleblower Snowden is in Moscow airport | World news | The Guardian

[CircleGuy]

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in communist america, internet browses you

[vinnie97]

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Topsy-turvy world innit. Time for a new McCarthy.

[trick12]

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[res0nat0r]

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^ nice artwork

[tiddles]

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hahahaahaha

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/27/us-usa-security-ecuador-idUSBRE95Q0L820130627