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They've kinda already done that. They were spying on the computers of the Senate Intelligence Committee...

Right, but if I die, I don't want people accessing my phone after death. They can still get call and text metadata from the phone companies for 90+ days. In fact, I think even the text contents of SMS messages are available for 90 days. The stuff I send over encrypted services, I don't want read.

Wrong. It's a big part of it, but many enjoy the power. Many want an opportunity to just steal from you personally. Many want to get their numbers up and be the officer with the most stops/arrests/citations. We need to put solid limitations, nationally, on what they can and can't do.

Police don't get reprimanded in America. They just get paid vacation at worst. Shoot a handcuffed guy in the back of your squad car? "Oh, he must have had a gun we just didn't find when we searched him." Right. Right.

No, I think it's related to Facebook being a PRISM company and having a deplorable privacy policy, and generally giving no shits about privacy or security. Also, Mark's internet.org wasn't going to support HTTPS.

Yes; the entirety of our internet infrastructure is...almost...hopelessly insecure. The OpenSSL team refuses to even use SSL/TLS on their website because "they don't want anyone to get the slightest illusion that it's secure" and want everyone to manually verify the SHA hashes.

They use thermal cameras and stingrays. This is not technology that the public has access to. If traffic and CCTV cameras had thermal and cell-interception capabilities, people might be a bit more concerned. If I'm in my house, no one should be able to look inside it or intercept the signals from my phone. Do I need to thermally-insulate my house to get some fucking privacy?

"require"--cute. Even if "required" in all states including federally, who oversees this to ensure that said requirements are being followed? What keeps them from using it anyway?

Also, the very nature of these devices ensure that they capture data that does not belong to the suspect under warrant. Just because a suspect lives in an area near me, does not give them any right whatsoever to collect my data.

It's not about oversight. They don't need to be spying on citizens whom are neither suspected of a crime nor have a warrant against them. I don't give a fuck it it solves crimes; I'd rather the criminals get away with it if this is the cost. It needs to stop.

No, no. The FBI planes have "Stringray" devices on board and pick up people's private calls and their IMSI IDs. They also have FLIR/high-res cameras. This shit is not "public" when they pretend to be a cell-tower to MiTM your phone.

The FBI planes circle cities for hours and hours, equipped with Stingrays and FLIR cameras. This has no place in a free society, period. The "orwelianness" is pretty dead-on-balls fucking accurate.

Another average white guy here. I've had over 100 interactions with the police. More than 60% of the time, I was doing nothing wrong at all. Just gotta live in the wrong neighborhood.

Microsoft is still a PRISM company, so I'm sure the NSA will still be able to access search data.

They've been actively censoring stories about Pao for months. This is nothing new.

What exactly do you think is good, okay, or normal about In-Q-Tel, the CIA's VC firm, having connections to the world's most popular social network... blows my mind.

You forgot Rand Paul, R-KY.

See my comment above. It's not "symbolically a good thing"--the intelligence community wanted this. It just expands their powers. It's only symbolic effect is that now, the average American not paying attention, actually things that we've made reform and can stop caring about it. This is a fucking sad day. I'm disappointed in everyone who is saying this is anything but a terrible thing.

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No, the surveillance didn't stop; it's just fucking doublespeak. One of the circuit courts declared that PATRIOT section 215 doesn't actually authorize the bulk collection. So, the NSA stopped giving a shit about PATRIOT. The FREEDOM act re-authorizes it with new loopholes/etc., namely that specific warrants are now required against specific persons, but it specifically defines that "person" also means "corporation", so they can get a "specific warrant" against "all of Verizon". There's a bit more transparency, but not enough. So, now the programs can continue, but they might need to be shifted around a bit. But it effectively authorizes mass surveillance on the American public to continue, even more directly than 215 had previously authorized it. I'll give you a clue about how painfully fucking obvious this whole thing was:

- Feinstein supported it; need I say more? - It's called FREEDOM, and we all know that means its anything but, just like PATRIOT. - Rand Paul was the only one opposing it. - The NSA was fine with PATRIOT expiring and FREEDOM being enacted. - "(2) SPECIFIC SELECTION TERM- The term 'specific selection term' means a discrete term, such as a term specifically identifying a person, entity, account, address, or device, used by the Government to limit the scope of the information or tangible things sought pursuant to the statute authorizing the provision of such information or tangible things to the Government.'." - (2) UNITED STATES PERSON- The term `United States person' has the meaning given that term in section 101 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801).

From FISA/50 U.S.C. 1801: (i) “United States person” means a citizen of the United States, an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence (as defined in section 1101 (a)(20) of title 8), an unincorporated association a substantial number of members of which are citizens of the United States or aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or a corporation which is incorporated in the United States, but does not include a corporation or an association which is a foreign power, as defined in subsection (a)(1), (2), or (3) of this section.

Get it now? Jesus, people are thick. All USA FREEDOM does is expand their powers with the illusion of reducing them. All the FREEDOM act supporters are tripping fucking balls, including the EFF. I will never again donate money to the EFF. I was surprised to see an enemy in an organization whom I thought was an ally.

And then you remember where Facebook's initial funding sources came from....

Yeah, is this data right? Why do they have Software and UX people making over $250k?

Because equal access doesn't mean every group will be evenly-racially- and gender-distributed. Just read the title again to yourselves; doesn't this sound ridiculous? Maybe we should pass a law that all software projects need to hire an equal number of diverse participants...

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That's beautiful. Wow. Was that copied from something or did the algorithm come up with it on its own?

Yeah, everything would be "okay for everyone", but worse than the best we can get right now. I don't want "NHS" in America--I don't want the government having a say in my medical care and treatment options. Have some rare kind of cancer, and the newest, best Chemo drugs haven't gone through all the right governmental approval processes yet to be added to the standard treatment plans? I'd be screwed. I fully support everyone having access to healthcare COVERAGE, including subsidizing it or otherwise making it free for people who can't afford it. However, I don't want out dysfunctional bureaucratic government running hospitals and hiring doctors. That's where I firmly draw the line. I don't want to see the same kind of people that run Medicare and spent a billion dollars on HealthCare.gov making my medical decisions. There are other things that can be done to lower healthcare costs as well--allowing medical insurance companies to sell across state lines, limiting Malpractice liabilities, preventing margins over X for medical supplies, etc.

Education, as well... There should definitely be free options for higher education in America--it's an investment in America's future, not to be cliche. That said, public schools in America are a fucking nightmare. I don't want higher education to be government-owned. What if I want to learn something that isn't a part of the government's program? I guess with both Education and Healthcare, everyone should have access to them, but access to "better healthcare" or "better education" shouldn't be further restricted for those that can afford it, in the process.

Same shit, pedantism sucks.

I've read almost all of the comments here and I'm so confused... So I'm not going to be able to text my non-TextSecure friends with it anymore? And, if my data connection drops right before I message a TextSecure user, will it get sent plaintext over SMS then?

Yeah, remember how they bought Skype and reengineered its network to make it more monitorable? I think you have their intentions confused.

And improve NSA compatibility.

Yeah, Snowden and Greenwald have insurance policies. Carr likely didn't. If they kill Snowden or Greenwald, more secrets leak. Why do you think Snowden's been so slow to release everything?