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Don't politicians use this common excuse to take away people's privacy rights on the net? Julian Assange calls it one of the “Four Horsemen of the Infopocalypse” (terrorism, drugs and money laundering are the other three).

But exponentially more charismatic to the general public, which means he will run the ball down the field further than Cheney ever could. Look out.

That recaptured loss of revenue will only be used to fund the military and further oppress the people.

There are entire families on the streets and cities like Detroit are crumbling, yet tax payer money is siphoned into more prisons and spy technology.

HN makes it easy for the NSA to collect names. Recycle your HN profile regularly. Green is the color of privacy.

Noam Chomsky calls it class warfare.

Yes, minor details in a much bigger picture.

I think tptacek is using this non-issue to subtly discredit Glen Greenwald and Snowden.

Direct access... FTP... you say chicken, I say fish. It's not that big of a deal. It seem like you're TRYING to make it a big deal, but it only serves to distract from the real issue.

What is a big deal is that my personal conversations and yours and your mother's are being recorded, read and stored to be used against us later. That is a big deal. Human rights. Civil liberties. Not living in constant fear. Those are the real issues.