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> > > > You are wearing blinders man.
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> > > They're a lot easier to clean than tinfoil
> > hats.
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> > That got a chuckle outta me. Well played.
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> > On a more serious note, sure Im a conspiracy
> > theorist but not of the tinfoil hat variety. I
> > know my life and the things I do are of no
> > interest to the powers that be.
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> My point, which I may have not conveyed clearly,
> is that the article calls this activity "spying"
> but it's not actually spying. Even if someone goes
> the rest of their life without using any of the
> words on the list, their contributions to
> monitored sites are still going to be sifted
> through by the algorithm looking to see if they
> used any of those words.
So basically we are in disagreement about the volume or number of monitored sites. You think there is a 'handful' and my intuition leads me to believe it is more exhaustive. They do monitor search engine searches they do monitor Facebook. Its no secret.
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> Conversely, nobody's going to have their door
> kicked in by men in black suits because they
> wrote, "Just got back from Mexico and it was the
> bomb, baby! I was glad there was a lot of security
> at the hotel because of all the gang activity I
> keep hearing about. They even had a nice gym so I
> could get a lot of exercise!"
I think you have a way too rosy view of what our government does on a regular basis.
http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/high-tide-and-turn/2012/feb/28/why-government-monitoring-social-media-networks/
'The officer explained the US Government has a system to monitor and scan all social sites like Facebook for key words that might raise suspension of ill intent. The officer stated that Jason was ‘flagged due to his post on Facebook.’
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/fbi-to-monitor-facebook-twitter-myspace/8119
'Provide an automated search and scrape capability of both social networking sites and open source news sites for breaking events, crisis, and threats that meet the search parameters/keywords defined by FBI SIOC'
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> The article treats this list like some huge
> revelation about the erosion of our liberty, but
> that's a gross distortion of reality.
I take my liberties absolutely. These programs strip me of my liberties. I disagree that it is a gross distortion of anything. i think it is a clear indicator of the downward spiral we are in.