[Utilizer]

Just because you're paranoid...

Doesn't mean they're not spying on you.

[sten]

this can’t be a surprise to anyone

of course, many still don’t realize that anything with a mic is open for recording (and later transcribing) 24x7

once the conversations have been recorded and stored, they are indexed for easier searching.

sometime in the future, a warrant from a judge will enable the feds to look up all digital information gathered in which you were involved or mentioned... over the proceeding 10+ years... to be used against you for whatever purpose they see fit

[CGASMIA68]

Igpay atinlay or something like that

[9thLife]

whatever NSA is doing is made possible by private sector technology and complicity.

And if Big Brother is watching, you be sure Big Business Brother is watching 10 times closer.

[jonrick46]

When I saw advertisements for Dragon on TV, a light bulb turned on in my mind. I thought, what if the NSA put phone conversations into a similar speech recognition system and stored it as text? They could store a huge amount of text and through search programs, track down text about any subject matter. All the phone calls in the United States would be in memory and sophisticated programs would be written to learn any information about people they want. All this without phone tap warrants because the laws pertain to live phone conversations; not text.

Then, I thought about another possibility. What if this ability could be used to target people in a political campaign? You could get a list of names and phone numbers of all the people who you could solicit for donations. For those with text capability, you could text a request to donate or get registered to vote or get your ballot mailed. This electioneering would be available to the administration in power. It would give them a huge advantage.

[null and void]

At no point in history has any government ever wanted its people to be defenseless for any good reason ~ nully's son

The biggest killer of mankind

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[ClearCase_guy]

Most people realize that emails and other digital communications they once considered private can now become part of their permanent record.

That may be true for some people. But not if you are a highly placed government official -- no one tracks those communications. They vanish instantly as soon as they are sent, and can never be retrieved.

[TBP]

Big Brother. This must be stopped.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Didn’t stop the Garland, TX plot, did it?

[MayflowerMadam]

Saw a news segment last week where hackers were accessing audio and video of home baby monitors — when monitors were wifi based. Not only could the hackers see and hear what was going on in the room, they could speak to the people in the room.

I’m glad I’m boring.