NSA Tracking Cellphone Locations Worldwide 256
tramp writes "The National Security Agency is gathering nearly 5 billion records a day on the whereabouts of cellphones around the world, according to top-secret documents and interviews with U.S. intelligence officials, enabling the agency to track the movements of individuals — and map their relationships — in ways that would have been previously unimaginable. Of course it is 'only metadata' and absolutely not invading privacy if you ask our 'beloved' NSA." Pretty soon, the argument about whether you have in any given facet of your life a "reasonable expectation of privacy" may take on a whole new meaning. Also at Slash BI.
Re:Blame the Victims (Score:4, Informative)
Except you could have sued the phone company if Congress had not passed a retro-active law that stripped citizens of their rights to do so.
Re:Reasonable expectations (Score:5, Informative)
Before you fight it, you have to know it's happening.
Without Snowden, no one outside of the NSA would know all this has been happening for a decade.
Which makes it all the more bizarre that people think Snowden is a traitor. He shone the light on all the illegality of the government.
All goyim must worship Israel or die (Score:4, Informative)
Bow to Israel, or we will know that you did not. Our eyes see everywhere.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/11/nsa-americans-personal-data-israel-documents [theguardian.com]
Re:Reasonable expectations (Score:5, Informative)
Then you don't travel very much, meaning to different locations. I have flown out of San Jose and get the minimal treatment you describe. Go to Reagan Intl. in DC and it's a very different experience which leaves you feeling violated. Detroit and Dallas are somewhere in the Middle of the two depending on your luck in getting into line.
The lack of consistency from a group that is allegedly working from the same playbook is both confusing and concerning.
I drive most places and don't see "voluntary DUI checks" or mandatory "fruit and vegetable inspections". I have at times run into those things as well, so know they happen first hand.
Just because you have not experienced bad things does not mean they don't exist. If have doubts and you do fly a lot, change your name to Sadam and book a flight. I'm sure you will get a nice dose of treatment people complain about.
You are like the guy living in the suburbs that thinks inner city gangs are not really a problem. Move your ass downtown and your opinion would change rather quickly.