[Note: This is me voicing my frustration at the American Government. But also my deep disappointment in the majority of American people who do nothing to stop this behaviour. To those who do stand up and fight, well done and keep it up!]
Edit 11/09: And now the latest… Crucial Unanswered Questions about the NSA’s BULLRUN Program
With the recent revelations of just how pervasive (and invasive) the American Government’s surveillance is, in and OUT of their borders, I just wanted to state my current feelings on this.
I’m angry. Very. Get the hell off my lawn America. You have no business compromising my privacy. Go home, you not welcome here.
Something to think about as an American. Is it not YOUR government’s actions that is driving all the hate directed at your country? I’m so angry that I’m taking direction action, slowly moving all my online activity away from American companies like Google (a company I’ve long supported) and self hosting these services. Not quite as extreme as the action some people feel forced to take, but I understand what’s driving it better now that it’s directly affected me (and anyone else on the planet using a big American corporate service provider). What would I be driven to do if you bomb my city, kill me family or worse? Enough is enough. Real your neck in America.
Want to know more:
It starts with the whistle blower (a good guy) not the “traitor” the American Government will have you believe…
Here is all the info: http://www.theguardian.com/world/the-nsa-files?guni=Article:related-keywords:Position5
And now it turns out…
Internet giants like Google and Yahoo received millions of dollars from the NSA to cover their surveillance under the PRISM program. These payments occurred after a federal court ruled that surveillance requests the companies handled under the PRISM program were unconstitutional.
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But in this case, the costs were also incurred because the government’s surveillance procedures were initially ruled unconstitutional by the judge and had to be revised to filter out wholly domestic content. This required the companies to work with the NSA to devise methods for doing so in a way that satisfied the court.
The Guardian cited four companies as receiving money from the government — Yahoo, Google, Facebook and Microsoft.
Yahoo provided the paper with a statement saying, “Federal law requires the US government to reimburse providers for costs incurred to respond to compulsory legal process imposed by the government. We have requested reimbursement consistent with this law.”
Facebook insisted it had received no money, saying it had “never received any compensation in connection with responding to a government data request.”
Google declined to answer the question and Microsoft refused to answer on the record.
Read the full article here on Wired: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/08/millions-paid-prism-compliance/
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