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AT&T says “Fuck the Constitution”!!
This shit is really, really starting to piss me off! Write to your congressional representatives and demand accountability.
Dear [representative],
I’ve recently learned about AT&T’s decision to send all of its internet traffic straight to the NSA for monitoring and I’m very disturbed.
There is an expectation and a right to privacy that I see the current Administration disregarding with icreasing frequency.
Can you please work to make sure this kind of wholesale violation of US Citizens rights doesn’t happen again?
More information about the lawsuit being brought against AT&T by the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) can be found here:
Than you in advance for your prompt attention to this concern.
Jake Covert
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16701 Bettmar St.
Roseville, MI 48066
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Comments
LMAO! I posted the exact same story (http://www.ninjamonkies.net/index.php/site/comments/nsa_spying/).
Writing my congressman now.
Hahahahah
Who wouldn’t this piss off?
Exactly. Letters sent to Rep Bartlett and Sens Sarbannes and Mikulski.
This doesn’t piss me off.
I have no expectation of privacy when sending information out over a public network. And make no mistake, while portions of the Internet infrastructure are privately owned and operated, it’s a public network.
If you’re in a baseball stadium and talking to a friend, should you be protected from being overheard by a cop standing next to you?
Nobody’s forcing you to use the Internet. Nobody’s forcing you to broadcast your opinions online. Nobody’s forcing you to send data packets out across the network.
This whole thing is a non-story. It just riles you up because you think the government gives a damn what you’re doing, and that they’re snooping on you specifically without your knowledge. Allow me to let you in on a little secret: You’re not that important. Neither am I.
Like it or not, AT&T;is partially responsible for data that goes across their equipment. By sending data to their devices, you’re giving up rights to privacy. AT&T;can do what they want with that data. You sent it to them.
Don’t like it? Don’t use the Internet.
P.S. Preview seems to be broken.
Ok. Let me propose a couple of scenarios that might help illustrate why I think what AT&T;is doing is wrong:
1) You own a bookstore. You decided one day to start sending the US Government a report of exactly who was buying what books. Do your customers have a right to be upset?
2) One day you notice that all the mail your receive appears to have been already opened. When you call the post office, they finally tell you that the government has the authorization to read all your mail. Would this concern you?
3) What about looking in the windows of my house? While someone who walks by my sidewalk and happens to glace into my living room isn’t commiting a crime, should I allow a government parked Van across my house monitoring every window 24/7? Of course not.
If I was to extend your argument, US Citizens shouldn’t have ANY expectations of privacy.
In a society where the government is completely trusted, there are no reasons to worry, because the government would never abuse the power granted to it. If you believe that the United States goverment (in all it’s incarnations: FBI/CIA/NSA/White House) would never, ever abuse our privacy, then don’t worry about it. But history has shown that all forms of governments need checks and balances.
So, here’s a question for you: What exactly would the goverment have to do, to make you worried that they’ve gone too far?
Ooo! Ooo! I know! Monitor peaceful anti-war protests! oh wait...they did that. How about monitor and track civil rights workers? Oh...wait...ummm...how about...ahhh...fuckit. Nevermind.