Re:NSA Disruption of Stock Exchange Bomb Plot Disputed
by josephlord on Wednesday June 19, 2013 @07:37AM
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It is pretty close to an absolute loss of privacy[1][2] for at best a modest gain in the already high level of security[3].
[1] At least at the upper end of the speculation. I don't have a good handle on the true situation as I don't trust those who fully know to tell me straight.
[2] The ability to gather metadata, listen in, record and analyze communications means that they are not private even if they are not all listened as we don't know that they are not being monitored.
[3] Defined by the annual US casualty figures due to terrorism.
[1] At least at the upper end of the speculation. I don't have a good handle on the true situation as I don't trust those who fully know to tell me straight.
[2] The ability to gather metadata, listen in, record and analyze communications means that they are not private even if they are not all listened as we don't know that they are not being monitored.
[3] Defined by the annual US casualty figures due to terrorism.