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In reply to the discussion: Eighteen years ago, when my oldest child first started going on the internet, I remember telling her [View all]reformist2
(9,841 posts)53. It's good that people are shocked - better late than never.
One could argue that Snowden has done a service merely by making the last 30% or so of the public aware of what is really going on.
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Eighteen years ago, when my oldest child first started going on the internet, I remember telling her [View all]
pnwmom
Jun 2013
OP
the analogy to email is mail, not garbage on the street. and fyi, you can be arrested for
HiPointDem
Jun 2013
#1
no, what we write at home is NOT private, and that is the point at issue. the bit about
HiPointDem
Jun 2013
#22
Are you not "sharing" your thoughts here at DU? Do you not "share" personal info on social media?
Hekate
Jun 2013
#24
you said email and i wrote about email. email is not 'sharing'. political forums like du are
HiPointDem
Jun 2013
#27
Yes, but I wasn't expecting the government to be keeping tabs on everything I do.
Quantess
Jun 2013
#41
Shocked? Why do you think people are shocked when we were all here after the leaks that exposed
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#10
+1. you put your finger on what is most annoying about that post. it at once trivializes the
HiPointDem
Jun 2013
#14
There have been a lot of people expressing shock. One of them was Snowden himself.
pnwmom
Jun 2013
#11
Since when are China and Russia our allies? They are trading partners, not allies.
pnwmom
Jun 2013
#19
I agree -- we need much better protections. And I don't do things like banking online,
pnwmom
Jun 2013
#16
exactly, we are being *forced*. today i spent most of the day trying to get services for
HiPointDem
Jun 2013
#17
There really is more than one issue here. Spying is a word that is used to create
okaawhatever
Jun 2013
#20
"those of you participating in character assassinations of people for past doings"?
pnwmom
Jun 2013
#30
Valerie Plame was an "asset" and so is every spy and every connection out there.
pnwmom
Jun 2013
#39
A network IS a network of agents, plus their foreign associates.A network is made up of human beings
pnwmom
Jun 2013
#59
I said earlier that I hoped he'd been lying about having access to the full roster
pnwmom
Jun 2013
#63
I was entitled to my irrational paranoia about on-line privacy and they took that away from me
corkhead
Jun 2013
#31
The problem is the wretched excess, everybody knows, but this is stupid and obsessive.
bemildred
Jun 2013
#33
We have not been going after everyone in the world. We have been tracking terrorists,
pnwmom
Jun 2013
#40
Meh, not shocked that OUR money by the billions goes towards collecting data on us citizens
The Straight Story
Jun 2013
#45
Strange OP. So if it is not brand new it can not be bad? How can anyone be shocked at a
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2013
#64