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NSA phone data collection may not be as 'massive' as we thought http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of- ... ht-1222811Yeah, that's still hundreds of millions having their privacy breached one way or another 
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Sat Feb 08, 2014 5:13 pm |
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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am Posts: 29240 Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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They might not have had enough storage space.
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Sat Feb 08, 2014 5:47 pm |
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Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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Snowden used simple technology to mine NSA computer networks http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/f ... nology-nsaDoesn't surprise me, look at how far McKinnon got from the outside with Yank databases.
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Mon Feb 10, 2014 3:54 pm |
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Amnesia10
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Clearly they failed to learn from each of those examples, and put measures in place. Fortunately for the rest of us I am glad that they messed up yet again.
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Mon Feb 10, 2014 6:37 pm |
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pcernie
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Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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NSA Australia allies 'spied on US law firm' in Indonesia row http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-26216883The law doesn't apply to us, so there. ... NSA workers disciplined over Snowden leaks http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-26187335It wouldn't even matter if Snowden had tricked people or 'stolen' the data - he's just one in hundreds of thousands of staff and contractors who have varying access to data that should never have been collected. That's about as unsecure as it gets.
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Mon Feb 17, 2014 1:27 pm |
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Amnesia10
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It also ignores the fact that if they had not been so thorough in violating US citizens rights they might not have encouraged Snowdon to actually act. If they had only targeted those who are involved in terrorism and those about them, then the staff with access would not feel justified to actually leak. The public would also not support releasing information that would be of interest to terrorists. Though so far what we have had is a steady stream of criminal acts committed by the NSA against people who are not really a threat to the country. So punishing underlings for the crimes of the bosses will create problems down the line.
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Mon Feb 17, 2014 3:37 pm |
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NSA reform advocates oppose White House proposal to hand data to FBI http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/f ... l-data-fbi
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Wed Feb 26, 2014 10:54 pm |
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Amnesia10
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They need to send some very senior MSA people jail for authorising these things. 
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Thu Feb 27, 2014 1:04 pm |
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Labour to overhaul spy agency controls in response to Snowden files http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014 ... wden-filesYeah, right.
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Mon Mar 03, 2014 3:21 pm |
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Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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Edward Snowden discusses NSA leaks at SXSW: 'I would do it again' http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/m ... leaks-sxswQuite right.
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Mon Mar 10, 2014 8:09 pm |
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jonbwfc
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Friend of mine pointed out post recent events that we've spent years with the whole security theatre of taking your shoes off, no bottle of liquid, full body scanners and massive invasion of privacy and all that yet it turns out 'checking the face & details on the passport vaguely matches the person getting on the plane' doesn't even to be happening at some airports.
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Mon Mar 10, 2014 8:27 pm |
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Most of it's theatre it seems. I remember blokes on a school trip walking through the metal detector wearing bullet necklaces that didn't trigger it, and the dogs... well, I know of one bloke they should have jumped on 
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Mon Mar 10, 2014 8:34 pm |
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Amnesia10
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El Al had far more thorough security checks well before 9/11 and all the technology is only a emotional pacifier if people think it works. If a plane was hijacked now I think that the passengers would retaliate. They now know that negotiation is not an option.
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l3v1ck
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Indeed. Before 9/11 most hijacking resulted in the plane landing and the passengers eventually being freed, maybe with the off fatality. The 9/11 hijackers took full advantage of the passengers expecting that to happen.
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Tue Mar 11, 2014 12:19 pm |
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Facebook, is that you? NSA reportedly posed as the social network http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/ ... rk-1233405Remember when the security services were there to protect you? As opposed to leaving you, your computer and indeed the whole country it seems, wide-open to attack? 
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