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Yes the NSA is broken but then is the oversight. Many of the things that did were approved via the Patriot act. It was a huge act that appeared out of nowhere. The Senators and Representatives were told to vote for it on blind faith, a few said no, and it passed. No one would deny that they have a right to defend themselves but since they did attack Iraq who had no involvement in the 9/11 attacks on the basis of the 9/11 attacks and an imagined threat of non existent chemical weapons then it does seem possible it is all pointless anyway. They need to reform if not scrap the Patriot Act and then debate a credible new law to oversea the NSA.

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Sun Jan 12, 2014 7:41 pm
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N.S.A. Devises Radio Pathway Into Computers

While most of the software is inserted by gaining access to computer networks, the N.S.A. has increasingly made use of a secret technology that enables it to enter and alter data in computers even if they are not connected to the Internet, according to N.S.A. documents, computer experts and American officials.

The technology, which the agency has used since at least 2008, relies on a covert channel of radio waves that can be transmitted from tiny circuit boards and USB cards inserted surreptitiously into the computers. In some cases, they are sent to a briefcase-size relay station that intelligence agencies can set up miles away from the target.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/15/us/ns ... .html?_r=1

Oh yeah, you can totally trust the NSA when it says it hasn't used it in the States. Totally ;)

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Wed Jan 15, 2014 7:16 pm
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Silent Circle & Geeksphone Join Forces To Build Blackphone: A Pro-Privacy Android-Based Smartphone

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As the reality of the extent and invasiveness of the security services’ dragnet surveillance programs hits home, the pro-privacy movement has been cranking up its own ideas to counter spy-tech with pro-privacy tech. The Lavabit founder’s recent Kickstarter for a secure end-to-end open source encrypted email project called Dark Mail is one example.

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Thu Jan 16, 2014 3:18 am
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NSA's mass phone data collection is illegal, says government privacy board

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/j ... vacy-board

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Thu Jan 23, 2014 3:44 pm
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The US government’s privacy board has sharply rebuked President Barack Obama over the National Security Agency’s mass collection of American phone data, saying the program defended by Obama last week was illegal and ought to be shut down.

But did anyone actually believe him? It is no different to Cameron making the same statement to Parliament. He would have been fed crap info all along. So if Cameron had made a similar statement I would not believe him, but know that he is probably as in the dark as most of us.

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Thu Jan 23, 2014 8:44 pm
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US hints at Edward Snowden plea bargain to allow return from Russia

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/j ... ain-russia

http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of- ... y--1218155

He can never get a fair trial and a plea bargain for doing the world a favour? :evil:

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Attorney general prepared to 'engage in conversation' with NSA whistleblower but says full clemency is 'going too far'

Actually I think a full clemency is perfect.

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Fri Jan 24, 2014 4:48 pm
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NSA and GCHQ target 'leaky' phone apps like Angry Birds to scoop user data

• US and UK spy agencies piggyback on commercial data
• Details can include age, location and sexual orientation
• Documents also reveal targeted tools against individual phones

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/j ... sonal-data

It's a licence to blackmail just about anyone on the planet, or worse.

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Mon Jan 27, 2014 8:55 pm
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NSA and GCHQ target 'leaky' phone apps like Angry Birds to scoop user data

• US and UK spy agencies piggyback on commercial data
• Details can include age, location and sexual orientation
• Documents also reveal targeted tools against individual phones

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/j ... sonal-data

It's a licence to blackmail just about anyone on the planet, or worse.

Every one download grindr just to confuse them! :lol:

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Mon Jan 27, 2014 9:41 pm
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Tech firms strike major deal with US gov to disclose data request figures

http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of- ... fo-1219193

Whoo! :roll:

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Apple has responded to this announcement already, issuing a document titled "Update on National Security and Law Enforcement Orders" in which it discloses that it has received fewer than 250 government requests for user data related to fewer than 250 user accounts.

When you consider the huge numbers of account holders they have via iTunes etc that is a remarkably low figure. Though when you add in the other methods of collection it makes you wonder what they can actually get of any use from Apple when Apple has a tough rule on the types of apps that are sold.

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Tue Jan 28, 2014 5:49 pm
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http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014 ... tands-down

Total coincidence that so many members are stepping down after Snowden, oh yes.

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Tue Jan 28, 2014 7:22 pm
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I suspect that he has too much dirt on his hands and a new face might allow the agency to start afresh. The problem is that they have collaborated with the NSA to such an extent that they are doing each others dirty work so that they can each claim some plausible deniability. A new head might just be the opportunity to brush anything else under the carpet. There is clearly a need to stop external threats and terrorism but to watch everyone within the country is bordering on a police state.

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Tue Jan 28, 2014 7:33 pm
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Snowden revelations of NSA spying on Copenhagen climate talks spark anger

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/ ... mate-talks

The politicians have absolutely no desire to save the planet, not unless they absolutely have to and only when even the energy companies are panicking.

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British negotiators at the summit declined to say whether their negotiating positions had been informed by US intelligence. "It is a longstanding policy that we do not comment on intelligence matters," said a spokesman for the Department of Energy and Climate Change


:lol: :roll:

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Ed Miliband, who as energy secretary led the political negotiations for Britain, declined to comment. However, at the time, he was furious that the Danish text which the US had received advance information about, had been leaked to the Guardian.


I do hope Ed will be commenting later.

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Canadian spy agency used airport WiFi to track travelers

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Questionable data collection isn't just for the US and Britain -- according to CBC News, Canada's own spy agency may have been tracking its citizens illegally too. Documents allegedly provided by Edward Snowden show that Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC) collected metadata from thousands of Canadian travelers by tapping into a major airport's free WiFi service. In addition to revealing that the data was collected over a two-week period, the report shows that CSEC was able to use the metadata to digitally follow travelers as their devices passed through other WiFi hotspots in both Canada and the US.

CSEC claims that "no Canadian or foreign travelers' movements were 'tracked,'" which technically, might be correct. While the documents explained how the data was collected and what it can be used for, the report doesn't mention any subjects by name. In fact, the documents say the operation was just a test -- a trial run for an advanced tracking program CSEC is developing with the help of the NSA. Although its not clear how much access the NSA will have to the software once it's completed, its motives for supporting the project seem clear. After all, according to the US judicial system, collecting cell phone metadata is completely legal down here.

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