Misusing NSA Data Against Political Enemies

[vt]

http://www.infowars.com/obama-secret...re-you-either/

The source of this is right wing, but doesn't necessarily pervert the message and the grave concern it raises.

How do we prevent the misuse of Data our government or even a corporation has on us? I propose that any use of data be a fine punishable as a felony with a minimum prison term. Even a President should be culpable under this if proven it was used for political purposes.

The power from personal information can damage one for life. We need to have strict controls. While the use may at first be against someone you personally dislike, the next use may be against you.

http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2013/1...rnment-spying/

[photon555]

Re: Misusing NSA Data Against Political Enemies

http://www.infowars.com/obama-secret...re-you-either/

The source of this is right wing, but doesn't necessarily pervert the message and the grave concern it raises.

How do we prevent the misuse of Data our government or even a corporation has on us? I propose that any use of data be a fine punishable as a felony with a minimum prison term. Even a President should be culpable under this if proven it was used for political purposes.

The power from personal information can damage one for life. We need to have strict controls. While the use may at first be against someone you personally dislike, the next use may be against you.

http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2013/1...rnment-spying/

Hey vt, you're a brave fellow, but please stay away from the Frederick, MD area, especially Jefferson. I don't want to be anywhere near when you get droned, bro.

[vt]

Re: Misusing NSA Data Against Political Enemies

No problem pho The babe I dated in Jefferson moved years ago.

They won't bother me. I'm a legacy. I was at new HQ in Ft. Meade when it opened at the tender age of 9.
I've got friends in spy places

[Bundi]

Re: Misusing NSA Data Against Political Enemies

The Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Third Annual Report on Online Service Providers’ Privacy and Transparency Practices Regarding Government Access to User Data
https://www.eff.org/files/who-has-yo...t-20130513.pdf

This is comical. According to the EFF, things were looking up. This was about a month before you know who went public.
There is even a nice little star chart (page 7) awarding good corporate behavior on consumer privacy.

Conclusion

There are many ways to safeguard the privacy of individuals from government overreach.
EFF has long engaged in impact litigation, educational initiatives, innovative technology
projects, and policy advocacy both domestically and internationally to ensure that
governments are held to high standards when it comes to accessing sensitive information
about us. The foundation of these standards — which ensure our communications and
private affairs are not subject to arbitrary government access — are the Fourth
Amendment, decades of privacy law, and many years of case law. But in today’s
increasingly digital world, online service providers serve as the guardians of our most
intimate data — from email content to location information to our social and family
connections. The policies adopted by these corporations will have deep and lasting
ramifications on whether individual Internet users can communicate free from the shadow
of government surveillance.

Readers of this year’s annual privacy and transparency report should be heartened, as we
are, by the improvements major online service providers made over the last year. While
there remains room for improvement in areas such as the policies of location service
providers and cellphone providers like AT&T and Verizon, certain practices — like
publishing law enforcement guidelines and regular transparency reports — are becoming
standard industry practice for Internet companies. And we are seeing a growing, powerful
movement that comprises civil liberties groups as well as major online service providers to
clarify outdated privacy laws so that there is no question government agents need a court ordered
warrant before accessing sensitive location data, email content, and documents
stored in the cloud.