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Originally Posted by kane
While I understand that pretty much everything you do online is tracked and logged somewhere by someone, I still like the idea that the government can't read my text messages or listen to my phone calls, or read my emails without a warrant. Just allowing them to spy on people whenever they want for whatever reason they want is a terrible idea and a terrible precedent to set.
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Do you prefer 9/11 attacks?
Until the West pulls out of fucking up the ME. It will always be at risk with 9/11 style attacks. Paris, Ohio, Orlando, San Bernardino, Garland, Boston, etc. Were ones the security forces failed to prevent.
How many of these were because of information the security force gleaned from, reading text messages or listening to phone calls, or reading emails?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catego...orist_attempts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ates_post-9/11
Let's be honest no one is looking at what you do. It would take a staff of 10, million to look at every individual. Computers employ bots to trawl for keywords that flag certain people and habits. Then a human looks at it and a warrant is minutes away if required.
The problem for those collecting this information is not revealing how they do it or that it works. No point in telling the enemy you are watching them.
But and it's a big one. The people trawling for this information have to answer to the President to ensure they're effective.