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Re:Facebook Releases Data, Including All National Security R... by fauigerzigerk on Saturday June 15, 2013 @03:12AM (#5884382)
"The odds of Facebook handing over your data to a government agency are similar to the odds of dying from a shark attack or lightning..."

How do yo know that? What if I have friends, relatives or clients in the middle east and I'm known to be unhappy about particular political issues but never swim in shark infested waters?

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Re:Facebook Releases Data, Including All National Security R... by leoc on Saturday June 15, 2013 @07:27AM (#5884770)
This is true. The average Facebook user is unlikely to be affected, but that's not true for everyone. And you don't have to be a "terror suspect" or easily mistaken for one: if you have reason to worry about industrial espionage or Watergate tactics from the US government then your odds are likely to be a lot shorter too.
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