Security Breach and Spilled Secrets Have Shaken the N.S.A.

Re:Security Breach and Spilled Secrets Have Shaken the N.S.A. by pm90 on Sunday November 12, 2017 @08:19PM (#15683557)

I don't think that's the case either. Its more of a "ain't broken so why fixit" problem which hasn't affected people on a personal level just yet, so it isn't regulated as much.

Its astonishing to me that in the US it requires a court order to tap someone's phone and yet the NSA collects and analyzes the online data of US citizens...

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Re:Security Breach and Spilled Secrets Have Shaken the N.S.A. by ethbro on Monday November 13, 2017 @12:07AM (#15684411)

No, I mean it literally isn't universally shameful. In that in most countries obeying an order to fire on civilians, or doing so because you believe your life is in danger, will not result in penalties. Because "it's what you do" or "us against them" from some perspectives.

See the response to Kent State [1], in which all legal attempts to hold the guardsmen who opened fire responsible failed.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings#Legal_act...

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