tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674561724432497133.post3722018356941157252..comments2023-06-13T04:53:25.935-05:00Comments on On the left in Victoria: The Year of the LibertarianUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674561724432497133.post-55991649762605455942013-06-15T11:13:02.474-05:002013-06-15T11:13:02.474-05:00I watched the most interesting NSA surveillance di...I watched the most interesting NSA surveillance discussion this morning hosted by Steve Kornaki of MSNBC.<br /><br />I learned that the difference between Google gathering your data and government doing the same.<br />1.Google does it for money<br />2.The government has the ability to put you in jail or on a no-fly list<br /><br />The people (legislators) trying to rein in the intrusive program have an uphill climb. Imagine a defense lawyer having to defend his client without the benefit of seeing what the evidence the prosecutor has. That’s why the panel threw up their hands when the host asked them for ways NSA could be reformed.<br /><br />NSA is trying to fight a frustrating war against an enemy whose main goal is finding a way to make a bomb that cannot be detected by airport screeners. In the meantime with their sleeper cells in the U.S, our enemies are content with setting off a bomb in Times Square. <br /><br />On a more dangerous front, they are trying to stay ahead of enemy computer hackers. Let’s not forget that NSA main mission is to spy, so it’s not as if they are not hacking into foreign databases.<br /><br />It’s funny how some people can support “stop and frisk” but they draw the line at NSA storing their phone number in Utah for future reference. In both cases, Americans are suspects without due process.<br />Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02668070524354374505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674561724432497133.post-5823118480497689732013-06-14T20:24:33.169-05:002013-06-14T20:24:33.169-05:00I guess they cannot track me in that way.
I doubt ...I guess they cannot track me in that way.<br />I doubt they would be interested in me anyway.born2Bmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00089087764341576162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674561724432497133.post-208501081576053322013-06-14T19:11:02.364-05:002013-06-14T19:11:02.364-05:00The law is vague...From the NYT
"Lacking a cl...The law is vague...From the NYT<br />"Lacking a clear federal statute, the courts have been unable to reach a consensus. In Texas, a federal appeals court said this year that law enforcement officials did not need a warrant to track suspects through cellphones. In Louisiana, another federal appeals court is considering a similar case. Prosecutors are arguing that location information is part of cellphone carriers’ business records and thus not constitutionally protected.<br />Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02668070524354374505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674561724432497133.post-23206400815182352402013-06-14T18:54:47.871-05:002013-06-14T18:54:47.871-05:00They say we pay for the service not the data.
We p...They say we pay for the service not the data.<br />We pay for the towers,phone,and the use of their servers.<br />They overcharge so much that they would be than happy to give you a credit....:-) I called one time to complain about the charges for my iMessages ( supposed to be free from I phone to iPhone) and they gave me a $60 credit for a $1.40 overcharge.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02668070524354374505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674561724432497133.post-1940163392191141032013-06-14T18:19:13.532-05:002013-06-14T18:19:13.532-05:00If it belongs to them, then they have to pay us to...If it belongs to them, then they have to pay us to provide it to them. Right?born2Bmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00089087764341576162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674561724432497133.post-30057813091951439322013-06-14T17:31:26.965-05:002013-06-14T17:31:26.965-05:00Yes I did ...Go to the browser,type a few letters ...Yes I did ...Go to the browser,type a few letters and your page will start filling....Type in "pancakes" and you will get hits for breakfast places close to your location...Go to Amazon and they will show you things you might like....Facebook and Google say that they don'tnshare your info but I don't believe them.....AT&T already won <br />a court case saying that your phone number and data belongs to them and not the customer.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02668070524354374505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674561724432497133.post-45592197677443905552013-06-14T16:04:19.035-05:002013-06-14T16:04:19.035-05:00I was reading where Google gathered more of our pe...I was reading where Google gathered more of our personal information than the NSA did by a long ways. Do we hear much about that?born2Bmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00089087764341576162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674561724432497133.post-30229544204539925052013-06-14T15:09:05.677-05:002013-06-14T15:09:05.677-05:00I agree a single phone call is not what interests ...I agree a single phone call is not what interests NSA.<br /><br />I not an expert but from I read it's not exactly clear how NSA is caring out their digital surveillance. <br /><br />The Obama campaign made use of software programs to gather the information their voters gave them to match them up with their neighbors.<br /><br />Companies have been matching your spending habits and financial institutions track as many as 300,000 transactions per second looking for patterns of fraud in real-time because alerts that go off a day later will cost them millions.<br /><br />I think NSA is looking for patterns and correlations rather than a private conversation. <br /><br />Can all this technology be misused? Of course it can...I read where burglars are using Google Earth to plan their escape routes to use when they rob upper class neighborhoods.we've all heard about people using their laptops to capture private info in Internet cafes or public WIFI access areas. Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02668070524354374505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674561724432497133.post-35425881439967664702013-06-14T14:46:08.516-05:002013-06-14T14:46:08.516-05:00What gets me is how people believe that the govern...What gets me is how people believe that the government gives a dang about their phone conversations, emails, or other ways of gathering information on the internet, and how they think the government could ever possibly listen to all of them.<br />I'm no expert on things like this, but I'd bet that certain words are targeted and those are the only conversations that are paid attention to.born2Bmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00089087764341576162noreply@blogger.com