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baldguy

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24. Forget about the NSA - YOUR PHONE COMPANY HAS A RECORD OF EVERY CALL YOU MAKE!!!!

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Thu Jun 27, 2013, 01:42 PM

Jun 2013

They know everything: your phone number, your name, your address, the number, name & address of the person you're calling, the length of the call, when it was made, and they can even record the call too!!!

OMG!!!

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Wow... the government keeps records of all doctors' visits for 130 million Americans [View all] Recursion Jun 2013 OP

No, not really. EOM alfie Jun 2013 #1

Corporations and credit card companies need to know too... L0oniX Jun 2013 #2

Good point. Do you (or anyone else) trust HHS not to sell your information to pharma? Recursion Jun 2013 #3

So trusting the government to educate is akin to trusting the government to spy on people? NoOneMan Jun 2013 #4

I'm trusting them not to spy when they analyze communications traffic patterns Recursion Jun 2013 #5

That *is* spying NoOneMan Jun 2013 #6

Nope (nt) Recursion Jun 2013 #7

Oh, only when Bush does it? NoOneMan Jun 2013 #9

No, not then either. Who calls whom is not protected information Recursion Jun 2013 #10

"To seek or observe something secretly and closely.", "To discover by close observation." NoOneMan Jun 2013 #14

Hold it: snot Jun 2013 #8

To clarify or continue . . . snot Jun 2013 #12

Nicely done. OilemFirchen Jun 2013 #17

Thank you for your moderated response. snot Jun 2013 #37

How true is that? Coke killed New Coke after a week Recursion Jun 2013 #13

Quick, what to say....yeah...Snowden forgot to return library books once! Pholus Jun 2013 #11

Probably some of both Recursion Jun 2013 #15

History lesson, by the way.... Pholus Jun 2013 #16

And that was rightly killed by Congress Recursion Jun 2013 #18

I just did an OP checking the claim that it is dead. Pholus Jun 2013 #21

That's a fair point; individual programs were continued, and of course we don't know which ones. Recursion Jun 2013 #22

You really want to compare apples and oranges? Fine with me. Savannahmann Jun 2013 #19

You really want those answers? Recursion Jun 2013 #20

And been called on it. Savannahmann Jun 2013 #23

Forget about the NSA - YOUR PHONE COMPANY HAS A RECORD OF EVERY CALL YOU MAKE!!!! baldguy Jun 2013 #24

When my phone company analyzes it to determine my loyalty, I'll worry. Pholus Jun 2013 #25

The government keeps all this stuff Politicalboi Jun 2013 #26

So if the government is a bunch of lying liars who lie, why aren't we libertarians? (nt) Recursion Jun 2013 #28

I love these "trust the government" threads.. SomethingFishy Jun 2013 #27

Are you a libertarian? Recursion Jun 2013 #29

You trust the government. I have no desire to try to convince you otherwise.. SomethingFishy Jun 2013 #30

Blind trust is not democratic newthinking Jun 2013 #32

So you would not trust the government to have your medical records, correct? treestar Jun 2013 #36

progressives share in the belief that government can do good sigmasix Jun 2013 #31

Good, democratic, transparent, regulated, and accountable government is good newthinking Jun 2013 #34

And let us not mention the IRS, MineralMan Jun 2013 #33

Exactly treestar Jun 2013 #35