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Thousands of firms reportedly swap data with U.S. agencies
News.C/Net.com ^ | Jun 13, 2013 | Steven Musil

Posted on 06/14/2013 6:51:18 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

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The big-government/big-corporate criminal complex never sleeps.
1 posted on 06/14/2013 6:51:18 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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Can’t swapping data with the gov’t end up giving you a disease?


2 posted on 06/14/2013 6:52:22 AM PDT by Paladin2 (;-))
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There are secure browsers and secure email accts. available. More folks should pony up and spend a few bucks to help secure their info.

You'll never be 100% secure, but taking steps in that direction will serve you well.

3 posted on 06/14/2013 6:53:50 AM PDT by servantboy777
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That "702" process, overseen by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, the Justice Department, and Congress,

Wow. Overseen by a rubber-stamp court, a department run by a corrupt AG, and a bunch of corrupt political hacks. I feel better already.

4 posted on 06/14/2013 6:54:03 AM PDT by dirtboy
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Of course the “secure” email service you purchase may be a blind subsidiary of the NSA, but why worry?


5 posted on 06/14/2013 6:54:59 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Affirmative action is racial profiling.)
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I guess this explains why the Won’s first coronation ceremony was attended by so many corporate elites they had to turn a whole runway in DC into a parking lot for corporate and private jets.


6 posted on 06/14/2013 6:55:32 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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If some companies are granted access to classified intelligence about competitor’s products, but not others, it would amount to an unfair competitive advantage. How many companies have been made or broken by this practice? How would a lawsuit fare in which a company alleged racketeering by another, through use/misuse of classified information about the plaintiff company, made available to a competitor by the US government, that resulted in some sort of advantage to the defendant?


7 posted on 06/14/2013 7:00:22 AM PDT by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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That is so funny. Well, I guess you could be right.

Free email services scan and sell your info and surfing habits. It's ridiculous the amount of spam that loads my free account. Secured service is the way to go.

Utilizing a proxy browser cuts down on tracking as well. Startpage or DuckDuckgo are pretty good.

8 posted on 06/14/2013 7:01:01 AM PDT by servantboy777
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Binarial disease


9 posted on 06/14/2013 7:03:58 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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10 posted on 06/14/2013 7:05:39 AM PDT by dfwgator
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This was known as Fascism when it occurred in other countries.


11 posted on 06/14/2013 7:08:23 AM PDT by AmericanHunter
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To: E. Pluribus Unum; coloradoan

We may find that the entire stock, bond and commodities markets are corrupted by insiders trading based on intilligence gathered on company information given to certain insiders in the political, banking and corporate world (and those like George Soros) .

It would explain some things.


12 posted on 06/14/2013 7:16:22 AM PDT by boxlunch (Psalm 2)
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“If people can’t trust not only the executive branch but also don’t trust Congress, and don’t trust federal judges, to make sure that we’re abiding by the Constitution with due process and rule of law, then we’re going to have some problems here.”

Barack Hussein Obama 6/7/13
13 posted on 06/14/2013 7:19:23 AM PDT by Roccus
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Time to make a Daft Punk helmet to help keep my anonymity!


14 posted on 06/14/2013 7:20:33 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (IÂ’m not a Republican, I'm a Conservative! Pubbies haven't been conservative since before T.R.)
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Remember back in the day the private data companies the provide leads to companies, etc well when Davis was Gov of CA he signed into law the ability of the state tax board to sell our tax return data was well so here in the state, this has gone on a long time.


15 posted on 06/14/2013 7:23:14 AM PDT by edcoil (If you can't change the rules, then ignore them.)
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I suppose that digital diseases have mutated at least to the point of Triacontakaidecial versions


16 posted on 06/14/2013 7:26:28 AM PDT by Paladin2 (;-))
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Our own government and thousands of our own American companies are storing and sharing information that can be used to manipulate us now and later. Never minding our right not to be subjected to unlawful searches and our right to free speech, our nation is rushing to embrace totalitarianism.

I have the betrayed the trust of the Americans who gave their lives so that I could live in peace and freedom. I took liberty for granted; I held that treasure so lightly in my hands that I barely noticed anything was missing until it was nearly all gone.

On this beautiful Flag Day when my flag is gently waving against a clear sky — so blue it hurts your eyes, I ask Freepers to join me in beseeching God for mercy for our Republic and for the courage and wisdom of good men and women to bring America back to greatness.

17 posted on 06/14/2013 7:26:30 AM PDT by July4
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E. Pluribus Unum ~:” The big-government/big-corporate criminal complex never sleeps.”

Diane Fienstein , as chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee , is responsible for oversight of NSA and the gathering of all electronic data .
Sure , that makes me feel safe !! .. </sarc

She thinks that RICO has nothing to do with national security,
she thinks that RICO refers to her ‘pool boy’.


18 posted on 06/14/2013 8:04:07 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt (“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” - Ronald Reagan)
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> “In other cases, Bloomberg reported that telecommunications companies provide access to offshore data and facilities, access that would normally require a judge’s order in the U.S.”

> “However, the report notes that the cooperation is legal and that no oversight under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is necessary.”

Early on Canadian RIM’s Blackberry empire was built on US Government mandating that government employees and contractors use only Blackberry smartphones. All emails, texts and phone audios were sent to servers in Canada as a loophole around US privacy laws.

But now the monitoring is everywhere without court warrants and it needs to stop with respect to Americans.


19 posted on 06/14/2013 9:54:17 AM PDT by Hostage (Be Breitbart!)
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“Startpage or DuckDuckgo”

Read the fine print.


20 posted on 06/14/2013 10:07:27 AM PDT by Principle Over Politics (Is this a free country or what?)
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