Tag: NSA

  • Dan

    Our NSA free day is just about over

    Congress will finally get it together and yank away privacy again soon. What a glorious day free of NSA data collecting! But, never fear, there are so many other ways to gather the data needed… all while invading your privacy and you still won’t know. This report covers the air surveillance the FBI uses. Once again, they may be looking…

  • Dan

    NSA-FREE day

    Congress couldn’t manage to renew the Patriot Act provisions regarding bulk surveillance. That means that today (and probably  today only) the NSA isn’t allowed to simply sweep all information into their possession from any a ND every phone call in America. Enjoy. We’ll lose it again within the week I’m sure.

  • Dan

    Facebook wants you to be sad… or angry… or happy…

    So, Facebook spent some time manipulating things people saw on Facebook to gauge their reactions… There are far to many random thoughts here to make this post coherent at all. Here we go: Facebook manipulated post feeds to gauge how people would react… Sounds like another day of reading headlines on CNN or Fox News to me. Facebook experimented with…

  • Dan

    Our Government is Transparent. As You Were.

    Q: In the spirit of “transparency,” just what is the scope of the warrants issued to listen in on conversations and read emails? A: We can’t reveal that at this time. Q: The name of the secret judge who issued these secret warrants? A: We can’t reveal that at this time. Q: The names of Congressional reps who were given…