BIGUN 1,489 #1 October 15, 2013 NSA collects millions of e-mail address books globally During a single day last year, the NSA’s Special Source Operations branch collected 444,743 e-mail address books from Yahoo, 105,068 from Hotmail, 82,857 from Facebook, 33,697 from Gmail and 22,881 from unspecified other providers, according to an internal NSA PowerPoint presentation. Those figures, described as a typical daily intake in the document, correspond to a rate of more than 250 million per year. SOURCE: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-collects-millions-of-e-mail-address-books-globally/2013/10/14/8e58b5be-34f9-11e3-80c6-7e6dd8d22d8f_story.html] Washington Post Well now, this can't be accurate. General Alexander tells us that the government doesn't "snoop" on Americans. Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
winsor 236 #2 October 15, 2013 BIGUN NSA collects millions of e-mail address books globally During a single day last year, the NSA’s Special Source Operations branch collected 444,743 e-mail address books from Yahoo, 105,068 from Hotmail, 82,857 from Facebook, 33,697 from Gmail and 22,881 from unspecified other providers, according to an internal NSA PowerPoint presentation. Those figures, described as a typical daily intake in the document, correspond to a rate of more than 250 million per year. SOURCE: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-collects-millions-of-e-mail-address-books-globally/2013/10/14/8e58b5be-34f9-11e3-80c6-7e6dd8d22d8f_story.html] Washington Post Well now, this can't be accurate. General Alexander tells us that the government doesn't "snoop" on Americans. Of course they don't. They provide a backup in case your system crashes. Since their services are covered by your tax money, sending them a letter of thanks will suffice. I suppose they already have this, so I'm all set. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
champu 1 #3 October 15, 2013 QuoteYahoo, Hotmail, Facebook, Gmail, unspecified other providers If you aren't paying for an online service you use, you're not the customer; you're the product. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #4 October 15, 2013 winsor Of course they don't. They provide a backup in case your system crashes. Since their services are covered by your tax money, sending them a letter of thanks will suffice. I suppose they already have this, so I'm all set. But they aren't very helpful when you ask for a backup recovery.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qrlDGhoI1Q"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,489 #5 October 15, 2013 I put email encryption software on Outlook... The NSA wrote me an email and said, "Nice Try."Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,465 #6 October 15, 2013 champuQuoteYahoo, Hotmail, Facebook, Gmail, unspecified other providers If you aren't paying for an online service you use, you're not the customer; you're the product. This. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,154 #7 October 21, 2013 www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/10/nsa-surveillance-the-21st-century-panopticon/280715/?google_editors_picks=true Apparently the NSA surveillance on Americans obeys the rules of quantum mechanics; it's not actually surveillance until someone observes it.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites