Good videos about the NSA scandal.

[M. Sage]

Two videos from the same guy, I've posted some of his gun-related stuff here before. His videos are all right on so far.

First up, the philosophical reasons to be upset.

[video=youtube;U0HDxoTmQe4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_911277&feature=iv&s rc_vid=_o2djiZOxyA&v=U0HDxoTmQe4[/video]

 

[M. Sage]

From a practical standpoint:

[video=youtube;_o2djiZOxyA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_278031&feature= iv&s rc_vid=U0HDxoTmQe4&v=_o2djiZOxyA[/video]

From what I know about data mining, he's only scratching the surface of what can be learned from this data.

 

[ATX_Shawn]

Ive always liked his vids.. good info, good logic..

 

[jamesmrj]

I concur. Good stuff.

 

[TX69]

I am going to go out and pay cash for a couple/three throw down phones and numbers today.

 

[ATX_Shawn]

I am going to go out and pay cash for a couple/three throw down phones and numbers today.

You wont regret it..
I carry a throw away phone for emergencies..

 

[XinTX]

I think he really nails it on the metadata issue. I'm still amazed that more people aren't upset about this.

 

[ATX_Shawn]

I think he really nails it on the metadata issue. I'm still amazed that more people aren't upset about this.

Ditto!

 

[M. Sage]

I think he really nails it on the metadata issue. I'm still amazed that more people aren't upset about this.

They just don't understand how much info can be gleaned.

 

[jamesmrj]

It is pretty damned scary.

 

[XinTX]

Yep. He just points out what you can glean from just a few bits of data. What you can glean from the depths of data they're gathering gives a much clearer picture than he could paint in the video. This has basically made the 4th Amendment into a collection of useless sentences.

 

[ATX_Shawn]

Yep. He just points out what you can glean from just a few bits of data. What you can glean from the depths of data they're gathering gives a much clearer picture than he could paint in the video. This has basically made the 4th Amendment into a collection of useless sentences.

Right.. the amount of data they are collecting, and the fact that EVERY thing requires an email address, really eliminates the need for human intelligence.