I seem to have a habit of discussing old news but this actually came up at lunch today with my friends. I have a friend who repeatedly gets emails from a friend of his attacking President Bush. So, naturally we started talking politics.
I’m a conservative person and I tend to lean towards the Republican platform. I can’t say that I agree with everything they believe in, but it suits me better than the democratic party.
That being said, however, I completely disagree with what President Bush has allowed the NSA to do. They may only be spying on people who are emailing and calling international people, but it does not matter.
People have the right to privacy. The fact of the matter is that this widespread invasion of privacy is going to push people towards encryption, which is only going to further hinder the government.
But people ought to be able to call and email their friends, family, and business relations without fear of eavesdropping. This could very easily be a stepping stone into monitoring all communcations, domestic and international.
My lovely ISP has embraced the government with open arms and has been freely providing all that they ask for without a court order. That is wrong. AT&T should be protecting the privacy of their customers and not bowing to government pressure.
People argue that they have nothing to hide. Well, if that is the case, may I please have your social security number, mother’s maiden name, date of birth, and all of your credit card numbers and expiration dates? Oh did you want to hide that from me? What if I worked for the government? Then you might not be able to hide that from me.
What excatly does this mean the government is given access to with ISPs that go along? All packets passing through?
Just to increase the chances of this transmission being flagged:
Bombs
Attack
City
Crack Speed Meth
Gun Sales
Free explosives
Take US children hostage
Anthrax
BTW I just googled it and your social security number is 550-34-9722.
hahaha whoever’s social security number that really is, they are going to be pissed at you. You forgot to mention Al Qaeda, Muslim, Mosque, and a few others that would get you flagged.
It just irritates me that AT&T gave the government access to all their customers without a fight.