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We don’t spy on Americans, just anti-government American

davidfordhere — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 01:13:17 +0000

Law enforcement intelligence-processing fusion centers have long come under attack for spying on Americans. The Arkansas director wanted to clarify the truth: centers only spies on some Americans – those who appear to be a threat to the government.

FBI Makes 'Real Time' Gmail Spying 'Top Priority'

roryn3kids — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 02:49:50 +0000

Just in case you weren't already, you might want to re-think joking about your future plans for a terrorist attack over Gchat or Xbox LIVE. That is, unless you'd like to get "intimately acquainted" with the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the agency has made real time spying on email platforms like GMail, and cloud computing services a "top priority."

Amazon to build CIA cloud

PC Harris — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:41:45 +0000

The online retail has reportedly won a contract for CIA efforts to "collect everything and hang on to it forever"

Americans Are The Most Spied On People In World History

LibertarianSoup — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 20:07:49 +0000

Indeed, the American government has more information on the average American than Stalin had on Russians, Hitler had on German citizens, or any other government has ever had on its people.

The American government is collecting and storing virtually every phone call, purchases, email, text message, internet searches, social media communications, health information, employment history, travel and student records, and virtually all other information of every American.

Canadian police urge Parliament to pass domestic spying bill

Sammy316 — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:40:38 +0000

Police across Canada are urging Ottawa to resurrect a controversial Internet surveillance bill that would allow them to monitor Canadians' digital activities in real-time without a warrant.
The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police has made a plea to on the federal government to pass Bill C-30, also known as the Protecting Children from Internet Predators Act ahead of a gathering by the provincial and federal justice ministers next week.

Top court to hear arguments over government spying

Sammy316 — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 15:59:16 +0000

A debate over how freely the U.S. government can eavesdrop on international communications reaches a climax on Monday in the country's highest court.
At issue is a law passed by Congress in 2008 allowing the government to monitor the overseas communications of individuals without obtaining a warrant for each target.

Software Meant to Fight Crime Is Used to Spy on Dissidents...

kelvin — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 20:52:06 +0000

Gotta wonder- do Liberty Activists qualify as "Dissidents"? If not now, When? I bet it's only a matter of time. ON TO THE STORY: The software proved to be the stuff of a spy film: it can grab images of computer screens, record Skype chats, turn on cameras and microphones and log keystrokes. Morgan Marquis-Boire works as a Google engineer and Bill Marczak who is earning a Ph.D. in computer science said they discovered mobile versions of the spyware customized for all major mobile phones.

TrapWire's Goal: Impenetrable, Inescapable Dome of Surveillance

snowdog2012 — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 19:23:32 +0000

TrapWire is a massive and technologically advanced surveillance system that has the capacity to keep nearly the entire population of this country under the watchful eye of government 24 hours a day. Using this network of cameras and other surveillance tools, the federal government is rapidly constructing an impenetrable, inescapable theater of surveillance, most of which is going unnoticed by Americans and unreported by the mainstream media.

NSA's Domestic Spying Program: NYT Op-Doc

nickfro — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 19:38:43 +0000

Op-Doc with the NSA whistleblower who built software tools used against the US in "Stellar Wind", a post-9/11 domestic spying program that targets everyone in the US...

CIA Chief: We’ll Spy on You Through Your Dishwasher

Veech — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 06:05:57 +0000

Wired Article...

CIA Chief: We’ll Spy on You Through Your Dishwasher.

(User's notes: It's very conceivable. It's can start as companies using your usage data without you even knowing it, then grow into an abomination. The infrastructure is already in place, follow the link below to learn more about power lines as a medium for data transfer)

Wiki: Power line communication...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_line_communication

Canadian Govt To Introduce Massive Internet Surveillance Law

devint — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:26:32 +0000

The Canadian Government is set to enact the Investigating and Preventing Criminal Electronic Communications Act which will mark the return of "lawful access" within a single legislative package. This will require the disclosure of customer information by ISPs without court oversight, force ISPs to institute real-time surveillance of their customer and allow for law enforcement to obtain that information with or without a warrant. The bill set to pass is bill C-30.

Police Have Children With Political Activists for Spy Efforts (UK)

civilchallenger — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:10:54 +0000

"[Officer] Bob Lambert did not tell his wife or child that he was a police spy, as he needed to conceal his real identity from the political activists he was spying on."

Homeland Security Monitoring Drudge Report, NY Times, Wired.com

loungedaddy — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 04:42:55 +0000

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s command center routinely monitors dozens of popular websites, including Facebook, Twitter, Hulu, WikiLeaks and news and gossip sites including the Huffington Post and Drudge Report, according to a government document.

'Pre-crime' system inaccurate, infringes personal privacy

Cyphase — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:53:43 +0000

The U.S. government's experimental system using algorithms to profile and predict whether a person is likely to commit a crime carries inaccuracy in determining future and potential criminal behavior, psychologists warn, noting that it also intrudes personal privacy and will be difficult to implement in Asia-Pacific.

14 New Ways That the Government Is Watching You

rmyofme — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 01:40:18 +0000

If you live in the United States today, you need to understand that your privacy is being constantly eroded. Our world is going crazy, government paranoia is off the charts and law enforcement authorities have become absolutely obsessed with watching us, listening to us, tracking us, recording us, compiling information on all of us and getting us all to spy on one another.

You Want to Track Me? Here You Go, F.B.I.

virgil — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 13:37:17 +0000

My activities may be more symbolic than not, but if 300 million people started sending private information to federal agents, the government would need to hire as many as another 300 million people, possibly more, to keep up with the information and we’d have to redesign our entire intelligence system.

FBI Records Talk Radio

Regulus — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:58:23 +0000

If you call in to Free Talk Live or hundreds of other talk radio stations around the country that maintain a web presence, there is a good chance the FBI will recorded you.

Good. Those guys should hear the ideas of liberty expressed so plainly.

OnStar Begins Spying On Customers’ GPS Location For Profit

gat — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 05:54:44 +0000

OnStar’s latest T&C has some very unsettling updates to it, which include the ability to sell your personal GPS location information, speed, safety belt usage, and other information to third parties, including law enforcement.