The U.S. Government has obtained a top secret court order that requires Verizon to turn over the telephone records of millions of Americans to the National Security Agency on an "ongoing daily basis.
Here is the following URL for your reading. : http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/06/politics/nsa-verizon-records/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
What are your thoughts on this issue??? Is is right or wrong???
Has our Privacy Been Taken Away From Us
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This is about metadata of phone conversations, so which number called to what number and for how long. This does not hold any personal information of either side of the conversation. It's not like this is people wiretapping all those phonecalls or a couple of NSA agents listening in on what you are saying over the phone.
While I do not know what the intentions are in regards to this, I doubt this is a real privacy concern. People are overreacting, because they are not reading the information present correctly.
While I do not know what the intentions are in regards to this, I doubt this is a real privacy concern. People are overreacting, because they are not reading the information present correctly.
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While this is rather troubling in that it was done in secret, I actually agree overall with jgouverneur. The NSA is NOT recieving the contents of the calls, only the record of the phone numbers. This is something that is routinely received by every law enforcement agency in the country by open court order specific to a single case.
I do not know what interest the NSA has in this, but I would guess it was a test run in trying to help trace potential terrorist activity and identify individuals about whom they might want more information.
While I find it annoying and troubling, it actually is not an invasion of privacy.
I do not know what interest the NSA has in this, but I would guess it was a test run in trying to help trace potential terrorist activity and identify individuals about whom they might want more information.
While I find it annoying and troubling, it actually is not an invasion of privacy.
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And by "us" you mean America 🙂 I find all this secret monitoring shocking really using the war on terror as an excuse to steamroller peoples right to privacy is terrible.
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Reading the article again, in the true sense is not a invasion of privacy, I stand corrected. However according to the article many people are upset with this type of tactic's by the government. One Senator quoted:
"Quote" While I cannot corroborate the details of this particular report, this sort of widescale surveillance should concern all of us and is the kind of government overreach I've said Americans would find shocking," said Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colorado, who serves on the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Now in my opinion I must agree with jgouverneur that many are overreacting.
"Quote" While I cannot corroborate the details of this particular report, this sort of widescale surveillance should concern all of us and is the kind of government overreach I've said Americans would find shocking," said Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colorado, who serves on the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Now in my opinion I must agree with jgouverneur that many are overreacting.
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The following is a statement from the President of the United States on this issue.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/07/politics/nsa-data-mining/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/07/politics/nsa-data-mining/index.html
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