[zeestephen]

Always important to remind Freepers that NSA was just cross linking phone numbers and email addresses.

It did not have recorded conversations or the text of emails, although the FBI could obtain warrants and subpoenas based on NSA data.

Most people only have three major “privacy” issues in their lives.

Money, health, and romance (real and imagined).

I don't care who knows about those things in my life.

Money - I'm lower middle class, mainly because I was a day trader and went bust in penny stocks after the 9-11 catastrophe.

Health - Lifelong runner with Atrial Fib, thinning hair, and 4 skin cancers after growing up in south Florida.

Romance - At age 63, more imaginary than real.

I also don't care who knows where I am, so I don't care about surveillance cameras, either.

I care a little bit about my political privacy, since I'm a Conservative, and I don't want harassing emails, phone calls, or letters.

But, bottom line, if you are a law abiding citizen, almost no one in the world cares about what you do or what you think.

[RockyTx]

to post 43

zee, tell your story to someone
involved in a divorce dispute,
and ask what they think.

[redgolum]

Friend, perhaps you haven't been paying attention.

There are a lot of people with power who want to destroy conservatives.

I don't mean their reputation, I mean totally destroy. I have met a few of them.

Nixon had an enemies list, so does Obama. Expect Nixon had a moral limit, the current group doesn't.

So yes, I am concerned about the guys who think that heterosexuals and Christians are evil listing to my cell and email.

[Bulwyf]

That’s a dangerous thought process.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

“I don’t care who knows about those things in my life”

If you’ve nothing to “hide” then surely you don’t have anything covering your windows either, right?

[PeterPrinciple]

But, bottom line, if you are a law abiding citizen, almost no one in the world cares about what you do or what you think.

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I used to think like that but there is just too much potential abuse. It wouldn’t take much to send you or me to the gulag.

[kiryandil]

It did not have recorded conversations or the text of emails, although the FBI could obtain warrants and subpoenas based on NSA data.

Gads, you're naive.

And if you don't believe them, just ask them, they'll tell you.

They got caught with their hand in the cookie jar. I'm done.

[FBD]

> “I don’t care who knows about those things in my life.”

The fact that you don’t give a damn about your own privacy or your fourth amendment rights doesn’t mean I or anyone else have to acquiesce to your level of ignorance and apathy. You don’t get to choose for others what constitutional rights can be violated.