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Satis
Felix Rex
Joined: Fri Mar 28, 2003 6:01 pm Posts: 16661 Location: On a slope
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freedom!
For anyone paying attention, AT&T is currently in court being sued by the EFF (electronic frontier foundation) regarding their spying for the NSA. Allegedly they built cabinets in major cities that forwarded all internet traffic to the NSA for spying purposes.
The documents that started everything were released by a former AT&T employee who blew the whistle on everything. As of now, the documents are sealed and the federal government is trying to get the case dismissed based on national security (*cough*bullshit*cough*).
So, anyway, Wired news seems to think they're a bunch of cocksmokers and managed to get ahold of the whistleblower documents. I'm attaching them to the post for anyone interested.
wired article:
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Mon May 22, 2006 2:18 pm |
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derf
Minor Diety
Joined: Fri Apr 11, 2003 2:17 pm Posts: 7721 Location: Centre of the sun
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You what now?
_________________ "Well a very, very hevate, ah, heavy duh burtation tonight. We had a very derrist derrison, bite, let's go ahead and terrist teysond those fullabit who have the pit." - Serene Branson
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Mon May 22, 2006 4:25 pm |
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Satis
Felix Rex
Joined: Fri Mar 28, 2003 6:01 pm Posts: 16661 Location: On a slope
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Too wordy for you?
Attached file from NSA spying case.
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Mon May 22, 2006 4:28 pm |
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derf
Minor Diety
Joined: Fri Apr 11, 2003 2:17 pm Posts: 7721 Location: Centre of the sun
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Too many acronyms for 2330 hrs and the pdf is too long.
Who are AT&T, NSA, EFF? What do they do?
_________________ "Well a very, very hevate, ah, heavy duh burtation tonight. We had a very derrist derrison, bite, let's go ahead and terrist teysond those fullabit who have the pit." - Serene Branson
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Mon May 22, 2006 4:33 pm |
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Satis
Felix Rex
Joined: Fri Mar 28, 2003 6:01 pm Posts: 16661 Location: On a slope
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AT&T is a telephone company
EFF I defined above as Electronic Frontier Foundation
NSA is National Security Agency
AT&T == big corporation (really big)
NSA == US government spies that are spying on everyone, including American citizens
EFF == a group that tries to protect people's online rights
AT&T & NSA intercepted all internet communications for spying
EFF sues AT&T
NSA tries to get suit dismissed and locks the evidence up as "sensitive to national security"
Wired gets a copy of the evidence and releases it to the world
_________________ They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
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Mon May 22, 2006 4:59 pm |
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derf
Minor Diety
Joined: Fri Apr 11, 2003 2:17 pm Posts: 7721 Location: Centre of the sun
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Excellent summary. Sounds like AT&T deserves to be burned to the ground, so too the NSA.
_________________ "Well a very, very hevate, ah, heavy duh burtation tonight. We had a very derrist derrison, bite, let's go ahead and terrist teysond those fullabit who have the pit." - Serene Branson
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Mon May 22, 2006 5:11 pm |
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Satis
Felix Rex
Joined: Fri Mar 28, 2003 6:01 pm Posts: 16661 Location: On a slope
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glad to oblige. I'll try to make a short summary in the future.
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Mon May 22, 2006 6:41 pm |
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ElevenBravo
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Joined: Wed Apr 16, 2003 2:18 pm Posts: 1976 Location: Sexy Town
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This is a telephone, btw
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Mon May 22, 2006 7:38 pm |
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Rinox
Minor Diety
Joined: Mon Mar 31, 2003 7:23 am Posts: 14892 Location: behind a good glass of Duvel
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You guys are so gonna get busted once the police state is up and running. :p I, for one, welcome our new NSA overlords!
_________________ "I find a Burger Tank in this place? I'm-a be a one-man cheeseburger apocalypse."
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Wed May 24, 2006 3:46 pm |
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Arathorn
Minor Diety
Joined: Tue Apr 01, 2003 10:23 am Posts: 3956 Location: Amsterdam
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Yeah, but you've got no soul, we already knew that.
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Wed May 24, 2006 7:06 pm |
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Rinox
Minor Diety
Joined: Mon Mar 31, 2003 7:23 am Posts: 14892 Location: behind a good glass of Duvel
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Pff, soul. That's just a remnant from dualist thinking anyway! I prefer to simply 'be'. Opportunistic.
_________________ "I find a Burger Tank in this place? I'm-a be a one-man cheeseburger apocalypse."
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Thu May 25, 2006 10:39 am |
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derf
Minor Diety
Joined: Fri Apr 11, 2003 2:17 pm Posts: 7721 Location: Centre of the sun
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Yes, or ideologically flexible.
_________________ "Well a very, very hevate, ah, heavy duh burtation tonight. We had a very derrist derrison, bite, let's go ahead and terrist teysond those fullabit who have the pit." - Serene Branson
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Thu May 25, 2006 11:30 am |
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Rinox
Minor Diety
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It's the only kind of ideology that secures a long-lasting rulership. Being merely 'left" or 'right' puts restrictions on you in terms of thinking.
Of course, in games I only tend to be economically flexible. I'll kill anything I can, but if I can make some money in the process I might change the order in which I do the killing.
_________________ "I find a Burger Tank in this place? I'm-a be a one-man cheeseburger apocalypse."
- Coach
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