The world of telecommunications was rocked today when the UK GUARDIAN reported that a FISA court ordered Verizon to provide records of calls of millions of Americans on an ongoing, daily basis. And now the Obama Administration is defending the program as ‘critical’ for safety and the fight against terrorism.. An opinion written on CNN … Read moreYES. We hear you. And you hear us.
With the news of the day *(everyday)* this is how I now feel..
Phone Sex, Banks & Google for Emails: The NSA Spying Is Bigger Than Verizon – Elspeth Reeve – The Atlantic Wire
He asked this: In the digital era, privacy must be a priority. Is it just me, or is secret blanket surveillance obscenely outrageous? I ask the same. Is it?
Well.. yes I guess you can hear us now.
shortformblog: According to this document obtained by The Guardian, the federal government, through a court order granted to the National Security Agency, is using the Patriot Act to collect the phone records of millions of Verizon users over a three-month period. Awesome. Read the full document here. It’s like the AP thing, except extended to everyone … Read more
The court order doesn’t allow the NSA to collect any information whatsoever on the contents of phone calls, or even to obtain any names or addresses of customers. What’s covered instead is known as “metadata”: the phone number of every caller and recipient; the unique serial number of the phones involved; the time and duration … Read more
guardian: Exclusive: Top secret court order requiring Verizon to hand over all call data shows scale of domestic surveillance under Obama administration The National Security Agency is currently collecting the telephone records of millions of US customers of Verizon, one of America’s largest telecoms providers, under a top secret court order issued in April. Verizon … Read moreVerizon order: NSA collecting phone records of millions of Americans daily
In the shadow of daddy.
Seriously today is perfect