Comments on: The NSA checks your e-mail http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/11/15/the-nsa-checks-your-e-mail/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:05:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jeff B. http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/11/15/the-nsa-checks-your-e-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-65091 Jeff B. Sat, 17 Nov 2007 00:12:07 +0000 http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/11/15/the-nsa-checks-your-e-mail/#comment-65091 Jeff F., lol. I dunno if I had to choose I'd probably get the Lincoln I mean it has a little better build quality but not by much and it feels better put together...wait whytf am I talking about this? Jeff F.,
lol. I dunno if I had to choose I’d probably get the Lincoln I mean it has a little better build quality but not by much and it feels better put together…wait whytf am I talking about this?

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]]> By: Jeff F http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/11/15/the-nsa-checks-your-e-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-64871 Jeff F Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:43:10 +0000 http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/11/15/the-nsa-checks-your-e-mail/#comment-64871 But the Edge has a nice shiny blue logo while the Lincoln does not. But the Edge has a nice shiny blue logo while the Lincoln does not.

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]]> By: Jeff B. http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/11/15/the-nsa-checks-your-e-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-64715 Jeff B. Fri, 16 Nov 2007 03:10:51 +0000 http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/11/15/the-nsa-checks-your-e-mail/#comment-64715 OK seriously guys we're all here to discuss cell phones and other hott tech items, not to discuss these stupid things our politicians have put into law or for that matter, politics in itself. Yea this is wrong and stupid but this is like arguing over a Ford EDGE being better than the Lincoln MKX, they're the same damn car and that's it, nothing more nothing less. OK seriously guys we’re all here to discuss cell phones and other hott tech items, not to discuss these stupid things our politicians have put into law or for that matter, politics in itself. Yea this is wrong and stupid but this is like arguing over a Ford EDGE being better than the Lincoln MKX, they’re the same damn car and that’s it, nothing more nothing less.

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]]> By: G.B. http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/11/15/the-nsa-checks-your-e-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-64670 G.B. Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:53:00 +0000 http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/11/15/the-nsa-checks-your-e-mail/#comment-64670 I agree with @M. Couldn't have been said better. I agree with @M. Couldn’t have been said better.

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]]> By: M http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/11/15/the-nsa-checks-your-e-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-64654 M Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:29:43 +0000 http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/11/15/the-nsa-checks-your-e-mail/#comment-64654 On Nov 15, 2007 @ 3:17 pm, Jeff F Said: "@M - Has congress declared war? Have they not voted on and allowed the Patriot act? I hear you on the whole privacy issue, but our past can teach us a lot. Look at how things were during WW I or WW II, a newspaper could not publish your covert plans back then." What, like throwing every Japanese-American into camps? Yeah, that was awesome. Oh, the PATRIOT act is bad enough, and even that doesn't authorize this. On Nov 15, 2007 @ 3:17 pm, Jeff F Said:

“@M – Has congress declared war? Have they not voted on and allowed the Patriot act? I hear you on the whole privacy issue, but our past can teach us a lot. Look at how things were during WW I or WW II, a newspaper could not publish your covert plans back then.”

What, like throwing every Japanese-American into camps? Yeah, that was awesome. Oh, the PATRIOT act is bad enough, and even that doesn’t authorize this.

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]]> By: Jeff B. http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/11/15/the-nsa-checks-your-e-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-64616 Jeff B. Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:34:06 +0000 http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/11/15/the-nsa-checks-your-e-mail/#comment-64616 Well...I guess I'm not going to send anymore e-mails. Well…I guess I’m not going to send anymore e-mails.

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]]> By: Ariel http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/11/15/the-nsa-checks-your-e-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-64612 Ariel Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:24:49 +0000 http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/11/15/the-nsa-checks-your-e-mail/#comment-64612 Good. You have nothing to worry about if you are an upstanding citizen of this country. Good. You have nothing to worry about if you are an upstanding citizen of this country.

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]]> By: Tom B http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/11/15/the-nsa-checks-your-e-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-64611 Tom B Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:24:47 +0000 http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/11/15/the-nsa-checks-your-e-mail/#comment-64611 Yes-- it is hugely unconstitutional. Yes-- there is a basic human right to privacy (contrary to the belief of Albert Gonzalez or whomever that joker is at the link you cite) Yes-- f**king waterboarding IS f**king torture. NO-- this isn't America anymore; it looks and smells more like Nazi Germany or Texas. Yes– it is hugely unconstitutional.

Yes– there is a basic human right to privacy (contrary to the belief of Albert Gonzalez or whomever that joker is at the link you cite)

Yes– f**king waterboarding IS f**king torture.

NO– this isn’t America anymore; it looks and smells more like Nazi Germany or Texas.

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]]> By: le0pard13 http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/11/15/the-nsa-checks-your-e-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-64571 le0pard13 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:48:52 +0000 http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/11/15/the-nsa-checks-your-e-mail/#comment-64571 I'd recommend the following excellent read that covers a great deal of this: HTH I’d recommend the following excellent read that covers a great deal of this:

HTH

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]]> By: Jeff F http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/11/15/the-nsa-checks-your-e-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-64533 Jeff F Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:17:02 +0000 http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/11/15/the-nsa-checks-your-e-mail/#comment-64533 @M - Has congress declared war? Have they not voted on and allowed the Patriot act? I hear you on the whole privacy issue, but our past can teach us a lot. Look at how things were during WW I or WW II, a newspaper could not publish your covert plans back then. @M – Has congress declared war? Have they not voted on and allowed the Patriot act? I hear you on the whole privacy issue, but our past can teach us a lot. Look at how things were during WW I or WW II, a newspaper could not publish your covert plans back then.

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]]> By: Vlad http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/11/15/the-nsa-checks-your-e-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-64527 Vlad Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:13:54 +0000 http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/11/15/the-nsa-checks-your-e-mail/#comment-64527 Technically, I believe it's a right thing to do. You forward all traffic to central location with powerful computers and brains behind them and that's where you analyze and sort out traffic. May sound a little skewed, but it's my money that pays for this equipment. "Never forget that your weapon is made by the lowest bidder" Technically, I believe it’s a right thing to do. You forward all traffic to central location with powerful computers and brains behind them and that’s where you analyze and sort out traffic.
May sound a little skewed, but it’s my money that pays for this equipment.

“Never forget that your weapon is made by the lowest bidder”

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]]> By: kiwiiano http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/11/15/the-nsa-checks-your-e-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-64513 kiwiiano Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:04:29 +0000 http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/11/15/the-nsa-checks-your-e-mail/#comment-64513 If it's unconstitutional, then every loyal American should routinely include blocks of random characters in their emails, so the spooks can never be sure they are not encrypted messages and have to waste vast amounts of computing capacity chasing wild geese. To outsiders, it's disappointing that for all their flag-waving, our friends and defenders, the Americans, have just rolled over and pissed in the air like a puppy at the most horrendous abuses of their Constitution. "My President, right or wrong" is surely the highest treason. If it’s unconstitutional, then every loyal American should routinely include blocks of random characters in their emails, so the spooks can never be sure they are not encrypted messages and have to waste vast amounts of computing capacity chasing wild geese.

To outsiders, it’s disappointing that for all their flag-waving, our friends and defenders, the Americans, have just rolled over and pissed in the air like a puppy at the most horrendous abuses of their Constitution. “My President, right or wrong” is surely the highest treason.

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]]> By: M http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/11/15/the-nsa-checks-your-e-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-64497 M Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:26:39 +0000 http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/11/15/the-nsa-checks-your-e-mail/#comment-64497 Uh, Jeff F, this is a HUGE deal because it is flatly unconstitutional. Do you mail letters? Do you put them in envelopes? Why do you do that if you don't mind everyone reading them along the way? How about when you email a friend saying that you are ill, and suddenly you can't get health insurance anymore. Or, when you say over the phone that you are a democrat and all of a sudden you get audited by the IRS? Simply put, there is some private information that the government has a right to know (crimes, etc.) but they must follow a process first to get it (court, probable cause, warrant). Uh, Jeff F, this is a HUGE deal because it is flatly unconstitutional.

Do you mail letters? Do you put them in envelopes? Why do you do that if you don’t mind everyone reading them along the way?

How about when you email a friend saying that you are ill, and suddenly you can’t get health insurance anymore. Or, when you say over the phone that you are a democrat and all of a sudden you get audited by the IRS?

Simply put, there is some private information that the government has a right to know (crimes, etc.) but they must follow a process first to get it (court, probable cause, warrant).

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]]> By: Jeff F http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/11/15/the-nsa-checks-your-e-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-64465 Jeff F Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:53:31 +0000 http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/11/15/the-nsa-checks-your-e-mail/#comment-64465 More power to them. Honestly, is this really a big deal? 98% of it is junk anyway, and if the 2% stops something then good. If they really want to read about my technology gadget fetish or how I like to search for lame videos on youpo --- oops, youtube.com the have at it! More power to them. Honestly, is this really a big deal? 98% of it is junk anyway, and if the 2% stops something then good. If they really want to read about my technology gadget fetish or how I like to search for lame videos on youpo — oops, youtube.com the have at it!

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