Category Government spying

That’s what our Big Brother government wants you to think. Pentagon sets its sights on social networking websites New Scientist has discovered that Pentagon’s National Security Agency, which specialises in eavesdropping and code-breaking, is funding research into the mass harvesting…

Big Internet and telephone companies are girding to fight an unprecedented call by the Bush administration for them to keep detailed records of customers’ online activities for two years. Well, I certainly trust them not to use this information to…

Two proverbs say it best: Quis custodiet custodes ipsos? (“Who watches the watchers?”) and “Absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Cardinal Richelieu understood the value of surveillance when he famously said, “If one would give me six lines written by the hand…

“Call connected thru the NSA. Complete transmission thru the NSA. Suspending your rights for the duration of the permanent war.” —They Might Be Giants mp3 PS You can get it as a ringtone off their site for $1.50. via Chris…

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