Though I disagree with your final point. AT&T is probably one of the largest spiritual contributors to privacy of our age. Through their unrepentant, blatant disregard for their consumers' privacy, they've single handedly encouraged thousands if not tens of thousands to switch to highly encrypted forms of communication, such that our government cannot hope to break into all of it.
Good job, AT&T, now the citizens, by working to protect themselves, unwittingly protect the terrorists and criminals you say you were trying to stop by making the criminals' encrypted activities blend in.
I don't want my government reading about my doctors appointments. It's voyeuristic and perverted. 25% of America is morbidly obese. Somewhere in an NSA monitoring center, there's a joweled, unshaven fat guy with glasses pouring over your doctor's appointment information.
Nice write up thrax. And grats on the #2 reddit yesterday (at least that's as high as i saw.
And no, I'm not trying to start a political flame war(grimnoc, ardi, snarkasm, you can relax). But I see Jayners point. Everyone is very quick to call out the Telcos and the GOP, and rightfully so, it was probably mostly their idea/fault. However, I don't think anyone should get a pass here. Anyone that knew about it and didn't try to stop it, complied with it, or didn't pursue charges against their fellow politicians while they pissed on the 4th amendment, needs to be held accountable. This shouldn't be a partisan issue. My two cents.
Again apologies, not trying to incite another political thread jack, but the article kind of forces political discussion.
No, you're right. The idea probably wouldn't have been broached by others, but everybody who passed the bills and let it happen were acting scared and deserve (slightly less but still a good portion of) the blame.
Thrax
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Though I disagree with your final point. AT&T is probably one of the largest spiritual contributors to privacy of our age. Through their unrepentant, blatant disregard for their consumers' privacy, they've single handedly encouraged thousands if not tens of thousands to switch to highly encrypted forms of communication, such that our government cannot hope to break into all of it.
Good job, AT&T, now the citizens, by working to protect themselves, unwittingly protect the terrorists and criminals you say you were trying to stop by making the criminals' encrypted activities blend in.
I don't want my government reading about my doctors appointments. It's voyeuristic and perverted. 25% of America is morbidly obese. Somewhere in an NSA monitoring center, there's a joweled, unshaven fat guy with glasses pouring over your doctor's appointment information.
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There's a good chance he's not wearing pants.
ALL OF THEM.
And no, I'm not trying to start a political flame war(grimnoc, ardi, snarkasm, you can relax). But I see Jayners point. Everyone is very quick to call out the Telcos and the GOP, and rightfully so, it was probably mostly their idea/fault. However, I don't think anyone should get a pass here. Anyone that knew about it and didn't try to stop it, complied with it, or didn't pursue charges against their fellow politicians while they pissed on the 4th amendment, needs to be held accountable. This shouldn't be a partisan issue. My two cents.
Again apologies, not trying to incite another political thread jack, but the article kind of forces political discussion.
Whole thing needs a reboot. We can agree.