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Microsoft secretly gave the NSA, CIA, FBI access to Skype, Outlook, Skydrive
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xValentine
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And soon the Xbone watching you.
Anton Sugar
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Goddammit, Microsoft.
That way the original always on-line plan makes total sense.
"we need the cloud
to let the NSA spy on you 24/7
phosphor112
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This is a lot worse than I thought...
xValentine
Member
Well, shit.
Everything I do at work goes through Outlook.
Everything I do at work goes through Outlook.
wastewater
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Your privacy is our priority
Heh, they're not kidding.
Heh, they're not kidding.
tanooki141
Member
This continuous stream of new information has to wake up the American people.
I can't believe we've let it go this far as a country.
This is truly a surveillance state now.
I can't believe we've let it go this far as a country.
This is truly a surveillance state now.
GoofsterStud
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I told you guys. >.>
TheKaeptain
Banned
All this PRISM shit has done is made me realize a lot more people have seen my dick pics than intended.
The_Hitcher89
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Meh, keeps me safe. Who's to say someone won't be saved by Kinect catching an attack and the NSA sending the police round? Security>Freedom
I miss the laughing emoticon.
Miles Quaritch
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You're joking...right? As for keeping you safe. It's the thinnest veil of 'safety' that's shattered/torn apart on an almost daily basis....
This pretty unsettling, I've done 'things' on Skype that I thought were private. Now I learn there's some thirf dick bag watching me the entire time.
Well I hope they enjoyed themselves. Dirty bastards.
StudioTan
Hold on, friend! I'd love to share with you some swell news about the Windows 8 Metro UI! Wait, where are you going?
It seems like people are missing that this just isn't Microsoft, it's Microsoft, Apple, Google, Facebook and Yahoo.
Secondly they're talking about providing data only when there is legal action requiring them to do so for individuals targeted by the NSA. No one cares what you guys are doing with your willies over Skype.
Secondly they're talking about providing data only when there is legal action requiring them to do so for individuals targeted by the NSA. No one cares what you guys are doing with your willies over Skype.
I'd totally agree with this if the government was run by angels and not humans.
Anton Sugar
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I haven't had time to look into this too thoroughly, but this is what I was wondering. Is this limited to Microsoft? Has it only been "proven" to be MS? Have the other companies been explored/investigated for the same practices?
SMFH
NullPointer
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We need a new Constitution that just says "Meh"
SiteSeer
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more like tin cans connected by a string. all the major telcomms have 'secret' closets where nsa has servers copying all traffic at the router level.
the point is this stuff is kind of unconstitutional.
User 100115
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I think it's more of a 'who will become someone they target' type of thing. Aren't stuff like search terms flagged? And facebook book posts? Considering some of the things I've googled in the past for research for ARGs, writing, or debate, I've likely got an NSA file sitting around somewhere, and I'm the least threatening person around.
Metalmurphy
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The worst part about all this becoming known, is that in a few months after the initial outrage no one is going to give a shit that they're being spied/recorded 24/7.
Because it's fun to kick Microsoft right now.
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jennifer granick ‏@granick 28m
@csoghoian @kurtopsahl There's obligatory assistance and then there is reengineering. Not sure what the line is, but different, no?
When hasn't it in the thing to do?
I know you jest but had the system worked like we've seen in Person of Interest, it would be less troubling. But in the hands of people even seemingly benign information can be exploited down the line.
Lambda Pie
Banned
they could send Suarez to bite the criminals.
i love windows 7
They won't. Adams and his people fought back against much less; where are the modern day Patriots?
NullPointer
Member
Because MS has the bright idea to make it mandatory to put the world's greatest always-on consumer tracking device in the family room pointed directly at the couch.
Yeah. But not just them all these companies and their bullshit. I wonder if there can be a huge class action against these companies for lying in their own Privacy policies
The_Hitcher89
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AllIsOneIsNone
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NSA employee: "search internet forum threads relating to the NSA" results: GAF knows about Kinnect. Response: Kill them, kill them all.
They're watching us.
They're watching us.
SiteSeer
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GoofsterStud
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maquiladora
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Enemy of the State yo.
StudioTan
Hold on, friend! I'd love to share with you some swell news about the Windows 8 Metro UI! Wait, where are you going?
Fair enough but that's where is becomes a matter of degrees of paranoia and how much you trust your government. In the good old days people just thought they were being followed, spied on in their homes and watched by black helicopters. Now it's become electronic but that's just a byproducts of everything becoming more digital and out there on the internet. People voluntarily post tonnes and tonnes of personal info on sites like Facebook every day and the government is going to pull from that data if they have cause.
The paranoia doesn't come from the fact that we learn that they government can spy on us, because they always could if they wanted to, it's about whether they are spying on everyone or only those that warrant suspicion of more than a couple of google searches which, as you say, are also monitored.
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