The only people he is a threat to are those in the government who wanted to continue to lie to the American people about the existence of their illegal spying program without anybody being able to prove otherwise.
In for SMS' reply.
When this all plays out, the movie will be in the making within 36 months.
Hate the game, not the player.
Because Snowden is in Putin's house, and Obama is afraid of Putin. Mr. Mom Jeans, doesn't measure up.
Because Snowden is in Putin's house, and Obama is afraid of Putin. Mr. Mom Jeans, doesn't measure up.
Yeah my guess is if he was anywhere else he would be gone. Snowden had the information and I'm sure that lead him where to run when SHTF.
I'm sure Putin would make "Mr. Mom Jeans" his beech.
Catch me up. Is Mr.Mom Jeans Obama?Because Snowden is in Putin's house, and Obama is afraid of Putin. Mr. Mom Jeans, doesn't measure up.
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
The Day We Fight Back Against Mass Surveillance
Posted by erik [hueypriest] at 06:10
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Labels: do it for splashy, freedom
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
- First Amendment, U.S. Constitution
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
- Fourth Amendment, U.S. Constitution
But whatever our differences may have been in the past, we strongly agree that the dragnet collection of millions of Americans phone records every day whether they have any connection at all to terrorism goes far beyond what Congress envisioned or intended to authorize.
More important, we agree it must stop.
- Sen. Patrick Leahy (Vt.) & Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (Wis.), Co-sponsors of the USA FREEDOM Act (H.R.3361, S. 1599), The Case for NSA Reform
Today we must fight back against mass, suspicionless surveillance. Today we must protect both our civil liberties and the digital tools connecting us all.
Indiscriminate bulk surveillance programs by the NSA and their allies (detailed below) violate the First and Fourth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution, which protect citizens' right to speak and associate anonymously, guard against unreasonable searches and seizures, and protect their right to privacy.
In addition to individual privacy issues, these surveillance programs are damaging for online businesses like reddit. These programs undermine the basic freedom, innovation, and economic opportunity that the Internet enables. The potential for a business to be legally and secretly compelled to violate the privacy of both foreign and domestic users casts a pall over any U.S.-based site. In turn, this threatens to place U.S.-based internet companies, one of the most dynamic and booming sectors of our economy, at a global disadvantage.
Fortunately, there are real opportunities for reform, but they need our support. Please consider joining us in taking action today. Together we can push back against powers that seek to observe, collect, and analyze our every digital action. Together, we can make it clear that such behavior is not compatible with democratic governance. Together, if we persist, we will win this fight.
If you're in the U.S., Call Congress today. Dial 202-552-0505 or click here to enter your phone number and have the call tool connect you. Ask your legislators to oppose the FISA Improvements Act (a bill that attempts to legalize bulk data collection of phone records), support the USA Freedom Act (a bill that works to curtail NSA surveillance abuses), and enact protections for non-Americans. Details on these bills and other legislation can be found below.
Here's what you should say:
I'd like Senator/Representative __ to support and co-sponsor H.R. 3361/S. 1599, the USA Freedom Act. I would also like you to oppose S. 1631, the so-called FISA Improvements Act. Moreover, I'd like you to work to prevent the NSA from undermining encryption standards and to protect the privacy rights of non-Americans.
If you're not in the U.S., demand that privacy protections be instituted.
You can also join in one of the offline protests happening today around the world. A partial list is available at thedaywefightback.org/events.
Below are detailed resources on what the NSA is doing, what legislation is out there, and common excuses for NSA surveillanceand how to bust them, courtesy of the EFF.
Please join us in the discussion in the comments here and in /r/thedaywefightback and /r/Stand.
What is the NSA doing?
Heres just some of what weve learned, or had confirmed, in 2013:
Collecting call records and contact lists
The NSA collects virtually every phone call record in the United Statesthats who you call, who calls you, when, for how long, and sometimes where. (Guardian)
The NSA "is harvesting hundreds of millions of contact lists from personal e-mail and instant messaging accounts around the world, many of them belonging to Americans." (Washington Post)
Collecting data from the fiber-optic backbone of the Internet
The NSA is collecting "communications on fiber cables and infrastructure as data flows past," as part of what it calls "upstream" collection, including content and metadata of emails, web activity, chats, social networks, and everything else. (Washington Post)
NSA "has secretly broken into the main communications links that connect Yahoo and Google data centers around the world" and has "positioned itself to collect at will from hundreds of millions of user accounts, many of them belonging to Americans." (Washington Post)
Collecting email and SMS messages
The NSA "is searching the contents of vast amounts of Americans e-mail and text communications into and out of the country, hunting for people who mention information about foreigners under surveillance, according to intelligence officials". (New York Times)
Collecting cellphone location data
The NSA "is gathering nearly 5 billion records a day on the whereabouts of cellphones around the world." (Washington Post)
Undermining encryption standards
The NSA "is winning its long-running secret war on encryption, using supercomputers, technical trickery, court orders and behind-the-scenes persuasion to undermine the major tools protecting the privacy of everyday communications in the Internet age." (New York Times and ProPublica)
Monitoring peoples porn usage
The NSA has "has been gathering records of online sexual activity and evidence of visits to pornographic websites as part of a proposed plan to harm the reputations of those whom the agency believes are radicalizing others through incendiary speeches." (Washington Post)
Monitoring online gaming communities
The NSA and GHCQ spied on online games, including World of Warcraft and Second Life. (ProPublica)
So much more
The NSA "is secretly piggybacking on the tools that enable Internet advertisers to track consumers, using "cookies" and location data to pinpoint targets for government hacking and to bolster surveillance." (Washington Post)
NSA "officers on several occasions have channeled their agencys enormous eavesdropping power to spy on love interests." (Wall Street Journal)
Read more on Wikipedia
Read more at EFF.org
Check out the Guardians NSA Files Decoded
http://blog.reddit.com/2014/02/the-day-we-fight-back-against-mass.html
The Day We Fight Back Against Mass Surveillance
Posted by erik [hueypriest] at 06:10
|
Labels: do it for splashy, freedom
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
- First Amendment, U.S. Constitution
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
- Fourth Amendment, U.S. Constitution
But whatever our differences may have been in the past, we strongly agree that the dragnet collection of millions of Americans phone records every day whether they have any connection at all to terrorism goes far beyond what Congress envisioned or intended to authorize.
More important, we agree it must stop.
- Sen. Patrick Leahy (Vt.) & Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (Wis.), Co-sponsors of the USA FREEDOM Act (H.R.3361, S. 1599), The Case for NSA Reform
Today we must fight back against mass, suspicionless surveillance. Today we must protect both our civil liberties and the digital tools connecting us all.
Indiscriminate bulk surveillance programs by the NSA and their allies (detailed below) violate the First and Fourth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution, which protect citizens' right to speak and associate anonymously, guard against unreasonable searches and seizures, and protect their right to privacy.
In addition to individual privacy issues, these surveillance programs are damaging for online businesses like reddit. These programs undermine the basic freedom, innovation, and economic opportunity that the Internet enables. The potential for a business to be legally and secretly compelled to violate the privacy of both foreign and domestic users casts a pall over any U.S.-based site. In turn, this threatens to place U.S.-based internet companies, one of the most dynamic and booming sectors of our economy, at a global disadvantage.
Fortunately, there are real opportunities for reform, but they need our support. Please consider joining us in taking action today. Together we can push back against powers that seek to observe, collect, and analyze our every digital action. Together, we can make it clear that such behavior is not compatible with democratic governance. Together, if we persist, we will win this fight.
If you're in the U.S., Call Congress today. Dial 202-552-0505 or click here to enter your phone number and have the call tool connect you. Ask your legislators to oppose the FISA Improvements Act (a bill that attempts to legalize bulk data collection of phone records), support the USA Freedom Act (a bill that works to curtail NSA surveillance abuses), and enact protections for non-Americans. Details on these bills and other legislation can be found below.
Here's what you should say:
I'd like Senator/Representative __ to support and co-sponsor H.R. 3361/S. 1599, the USA Freedom Act. I would also like you to oppose S. 1631, the so-called FISA Improvements Act. Moreover, I'd like you to work to prevent the NSA from undermining encryption standards and to protect the privacy rights of non-Americans.
If you're not in the U.S., demand that privacy protections be instituted.
You can also join in one of the offline protests happening today around the world. A partial list is available at thedaywefightback.org/events.
Below are detailed resources on what the NSA is doing, what legislation is out there, and common excuses for NSA surveillanceand how to bust them, courtesy of the EFF.
Please join us in the discussion in the comments here and in /r/thedaywefightback and /r/Stand.
What is the NSA doing?
Heres just some of what weve learned, or had confirmed, in 2013:
Collecting call records and contact lists
The NSA collects virtually every phone call record in the United Statesthats who you call, who calls you, when, for how long, and sometimes where. (Guardian)
The NSA "is harvesting hundreds of millions of contact lists from personal e-mail and instant messaging accounts around the world, many of them belonging to Americans." (Washington Post)
Collecting data from the fiber-optic backbone of the Internet
The NSA is collecting "communications on fiber cables and infrastructure as data flows past," as part of what it calls "upstream" collection, including content and metadata of emails, web activity, chats, social networks, and everything else. (Washington Post)
NSA "has secretly broken into the main communications links that connect Yahoo and Google data centers around the world" and has "positioned itself to collect at will from hundreds of millions of user accounts, many of them belonging to Americans." (Washington Post)
Collecting email and SMS messages
The NSA "is searching the contents of vast amounts of Americans e-mail and text communications into and out of the country, hunting for people who mention information about foreigners under surveillance, according to intelligence officials". (New York Times)
Collecting cellphone location data
The NSA "is gathering nearly 5 billion records a day on the whereabouts of cellphones around the world." (Washington Post)
Undermining encryption standards
The NSA "is winning its long-running secret war on encryption, using supercomputers, technical trickery, court orders and behind-the-scenes persuasion to undermine the major tools protecting the privacy of everyday communications in the Internet age." (New York Times and ProPublica)
Monitoring peoples porn usage
The NSA has "has been gathering records of online sexual activity and evidence of visits to pornographic websites as part of a proposed plan to harm the reputations of those whom the agency believes are radicalizing others through incendiary speeches." (Washington Post)
Monitoring online gaming communities
The NSA and GHCQ spied on online games, including World of Warcraft and Second Life. (ProPublica)
So much more
The NSA "is secretly piggybacking on the tools that enable Internet advertisers to track consumers, using "cookies" and location data to pinpoint targets for government hacking and to bolster surveillance." (Washington Post)
NSA "officers on several occasions have channeled their agencys enormous eavesdropping power to spy on love interests." (Wall Street Journal)
Read more on Wikipedia
Read more at EFF.org
Check out the Guardians NSA Files Decoded
http://blog.reddit.com/2014/02/the-day-we-fight-back-against-mass.html
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