NSA Spies On Us Three Levels Deep

Discussion in 'Politics' started by pspr, Jul 18, 2013.

  1. pspr

    pspr

    In other words, If the NSA were to decide to spy on you they would also spy on your friends, your friend's friends and your friend's friend's friends. A recent university study says that we are all connected by a mere 4.74 steps from each other. That means the NSA is spying on a huge number of Americans.
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    As an aside during testimony on Capitol Hill today, a National Security Agency representative rather casually indicated that the government looks at data from a universe of far, far more people than previously indicated.

    Chris Inglis, the agency's deputy director, was one of several government representatives—including from the FBI and the office of the Director of National Intelligence—testifying before the House Judiciary Committee this morning. Most of the testimony largely echoed previous testimony by the agencies on the topic of the government's surveillance, including a retread of the same offered examples for how the Patriot Act and Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act had stopped terror events.

    But Inglis' statement was new. Analysts look "two or three hops" from terror suspects when evaluating terror activity, Inglis revealed. Previously, the limit of how surveillance was extended had been described as two hops. This meant that if the NSA were following a phone metadata or web trail from a terror suspect, it could also look at the calls from the people that suspect has spoken with—one hop. And then, the calls that second person had also spoken with—two hops. Terror suspect to person two to person three. Two hops. And now: A third hop.

    Think of it this way. Let's say the government suspects you are a terrorist and it has access to your Facebook account. If you're an American citizen, it can't do that currently (with certain exceptions)—but for the sake of argument. So all of your friends, that's one hop. Your friends' friends, whether you know them or not—two hops. Your friends' friends' friends, whoever they happen to be, are that third hop. That's a massive group of people that the NSA apparently considers fair game.

    For a sense of scale, researchers at the University of Milan found in 2011 that everyone on the Internet was, on average, 4.74 steps away from anyone else. The NSA explores relationships up to three of those steps. (See our conversation with the ACLU's Alex Abdo on this.)

    Inglis' admission didn't register among the members of Congress present, but immediately resonated with privacy advocates online.


    More:
    http://www.theatlanticwire.com/poli...-more-peoples-data-previously-revealed/67287/
     
  2. Ricter

    Ricter

    So in your case, pisspoor, they'd be completely idle. :D
     
  3. pspr

    pspr

    Or I could send them to you, 'ol buddy.

    But, I don't make terrorist threats. I'll leave that to you to do from Canada. You could be on level 1, Rectum.
     
  4. Ricter

    Ricter

    They wouldn't come to you in the first place, pisspoor, you're nothing.
     
  5. pspr

    pspr

    Then how am I typing on this computer if I'm nothing?

    You sure are a stupid 'ol motherfucker, rectum.
     
  6. LEAPup

    LEAPup

    You know, the guy never posts anything of value. He simply shows up to derail threads. Frankly, I'd rather read some of his stories about sailing into port, and going to the Orlando beach to finally have sex in a Florida swamp. What a fucking loser! Wow!:D
     
  7. Lucrum

    Lucrum

    Like IQ47 rectum is a troll, PERIOD.

     
  8. pspr

    pspr

    He's not even a good troll. He's just really full of nonsense. The poor 'ol bastard.
     
  9. LEAPup

    LEAPup

    Well, I am a trader. What the hell is he doing on THIS board? Why isn't someone stomping his throat out?!?!? I 'may' somewhat understand if he traded for a living, or was even a novice. But, not a trader, and here?!?!?:confused: :mad:
     
  10. Lucrum

    Lucrum

    Exactly. Why? Trolling, there is no other reason.
     
    #10     Jul 18, 2013