'Everyone in US under virtual surveillance' - NSA whistleblower

Re:'Everyone in US under virtual surveillance' - NSA whistle... by Karunamon on Wednesday December 05, 2012 @01:03AM (#4875124)

>The answer to the last question is self obvious.

Hardly. The warrantless wiretapping thing was all over the news when the story broke. So was SOPA (which serves to completely destroy this canard on its own; as the media companies had a direct interest in supporting that law yet still reported on the controversy.)

This, plainly, isn't newsworthy outside of tech circles yet.

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Re:'Everyone in US under virtual surveillance' - NSA whistle... by shmerl on Wednesday December 05, 2012 @01:08AM (#4875135)

Let's rephrase it - who talks about it now? The problem still persists, if not even getting worse.

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Re:'Everyone in US under virtual surveillance' - NSA whistle... by Karunamon on Wednesday December 05, 2012 @01:11AM (#4875147)

The news cycle moves far too quickly to continually revisit the same topic over and over again (with a few obvious exceptions...), moreso when it's a topic that will not be understood, let alone appreciated by the average consumer.

A conference where people talk about deploying packet shaping gear is not newsworthy outside of a very niche circle. Yet.

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Re:'Everyone in US under virtual surveillance' - NSA whistle... by shmerl on Wednesday December 05, 2012 @01:13AM (#4875151)

So kudos to RT for paying attention to it, when others aren't. Since it persists - it's worth a remainder once in a while.

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