AlexeiSadeski

Then the Feds will just get the info straight from 1password - or whichever password manager implements such a plan.

Really, the only solution to this kind of thing is offshore corps.

Right, as soon as we can get a psychiatrist to examine him, we'll get back to you. Until then, we'll have to rely on circumstantial evidence and induction.

It does seem likely that anyone able to rise to the pinnacle of American politics would be a psychopath, so it's not as if such accusations are shots in the dark.

Sounds like the Germans are getting a genuine American experience.

He could've shut it down a dozen different ways, had he wanted to. He's expended zero political capital on this issue.

If people cared about surveillance, they could simply vote in an anti-surveillance policitian(s). The fact that this cursory act hasn't occurred would suggest that sub-100,000 person ISPs will have zero traction.

Of course it's normal, and of course "we" are not surprised y the scale of NSA spying. What did you think the NSA did if not this? Have all of their 40,000 employees listening in on Bin Laden's phone calls?

It's 100% posturing for the German public.

Shocking. Absolutely shocking.

There was actually an article upvoted on HackerNews a few days ago which supposed, even before Snowden revealed himself, that these leaks were the result of Chinese intelligence activity.

Again, I don't understand why you think that it's harder for the NSA to hack / bribe / trick their way into data than it is to have to obtain court orders and convince everyone to work with them.

And my point is that what they can get without a court order is more than they can get with one.

A minor correction in terminology:

The US Constitution and case law makes no distinction between protections granted to US citizens and foreigners. All are treated equally under the law, and thusly "enjoy" the same "protections."

However, case law has determined that such protections are not granted outside of the US's borders. Thus, an American citizen and a foreigner have equal protection (again, in theory) when inside of US borders - and both are equally unprotected when outside of US borders (it's a bit more complex regarding the 'outside of US borders' part, but that's the general gist).

If you're outside of the US, then yes you are not subject to NSA orders. But your data will still be accessed by the NSA, as the NSA won't require an order to read what you've got.

The US spends 2.5x as much on the military as does Poland, as a % of GDP.

It's a lot, but not exactly extraordinary.

This thread concerns unlimited access to the entire internet.

PRISM concerns limited access to a few massive internet companies.

PRISM is dramatically less interesting than this.

Less than a fifth of US public budget is spent on defense...

And how will the author boycott the NSA's cloud tech?

> Control over the decisions I make concerning my on my body

It's nice to see that the fight against heroin prohibition is being fought in Turkey too!

There are probably more Indians living near the Himalayas than there are Americans living in the mountains.

I wouldn't recommend you eat 1300 calories of rice per day. But for calibration purposes, it's useful information I think.

Why are there no photos of poorly written addresses in that article?

Which boots do people in India wear? The ones making $1.50/day?

It makes sense to go high deductible no matter what your income is. It costs less to pay interest and principle on your $10k disaster deductible than it does to pay $2k/year extra on low deductible health insurance.

Insurance is a tax on people who are bad at math.

Rice costs $.20 for 1300 calories.

If it takes $22/hour to "live," what are the people in Mexico, earning $5/DAY, doing? Are they not living?

You can eat quite well on $3/day. $1.50/day of food is comfortably above subsistence in the US.

A diet of strictly rice and beans will net 1500 calories for $.30 - $.50 per day. That's not an appetizing diet, but provides a base number for calibration.

Cheap eating discussion:

http://forum.earlyretirementextreme.com/topic.php?id=599

They only transcribe a tiny portion.

All is indefinitely stored in case it should be required later.