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A Free, Quick and Easy Way to Protest Government Spying
While it’s obvious to everyone that the government is spying on virtually all of the digital communications of Americans – phone, email, Internet, credit card, etc. – the government is pretending that it only spies on foreigners and collecting our metadata (which can actually tell a lot about us).
Indeed, the government is instructing Senate staffers to stick cover their eyes and pretend that the spying documents found all over the Internet don’t exist.
One free and easy way to protest mass surveillance, educate others, and yank Big Brother’s chain is simply to add a sentence to the end of your emails and web posts.
To give you the idea: you’ve seen the disclaimers at the end of emails from lawyers, investment advisers, and similar professionals. You know, the ones that say stuff like “This is a confidential communication and can’t be used by anyone but the intended recipient”. They put the same disclaimer at the end of every single email.
Why don’t we put our own disclaimer at the end of our emails and web comments, saying:
WARNING: The National Security Agency is likely recording and storing this communication as part of its unlawful spying programs on all Americans ... and people worldwide. The people who created the NSA spying program say that this communication - and any responses - can and will be used against the American people at any time in the future should folks in government decide to go after us for political reasons. And private information in digital communications may be given to big companies by the government.
Mass surveillance doesn't keep us safe, and even the top national security experts say that we don't need it. (They also say we should get a grip.)
This may help keep the issue alive even as the government desperately tries to sweep it under the rug.
Note: All modern browsers allow you to highlight, copy and then paste text with links in it into your email or web comment. If you prefer, you can copy just the text and delete the links.
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Howard Beale: words to append: would real terrrrsts really use words like "NSA", "terrorist", "Jihad" etc?
How about inserting words and phrases like "the stuff" and "for the cause", "the operation", and "hit the bnmsduiye on the day of dklhihhjk"?
Great idea...I will do that from now on
Post it in Chinese or Arabic
You left out "heffalump"
and Cat Stevens
» What Is The Government’s Agenda? — Paul Craig Roberts
http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/
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Saturday Night Funnies: the holy trinity of ‘conspiracy’
Posted on June 15, 2013 by Stacy Herbert
Read more at http://www.maxkeiser.com/2013/06/saturday-night-funnies-the-holy-trinity...
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Cat Stevens - Miles From Nowhere
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNId6M4SSNk
and the Putilov factory.
I'm not a lawyer or Constitutional expert like Obama but it seems to me that the unintended consequences of this spying are beyond belief. Has the Prism system logged EVERY attorney client phone conversation? What about attorney client privlege? Has every single criminal prosecution in the US been compromised by this nonsense? What about civil liability if the US government becomes aware of criminal or terrorist activities and doesn't act to prevent it? Just as an example of how stupid and careless Obama is just look at the way he has compromised EVERY SINGLE military prosecution for sexual assault by just one careless remark.
http://www.stripes.com/judge-obama-sex-assault-comments-unlawful-command-influence-1.225974
I say just give the stupid bastards enough rope to hang themselves. Or put Obama in front of an open mike without a telepromter and watch him self destruct. Enjoy the show.
Obama is not a lawyer or a Constitutional expert, either. Obama had to surrender his law license for lying on his Bar Exam application.
Obama was also turned down for a job at the Univeristy of Chicago after he was interviewed because "He didn't know anything." Obama only got hired after an unknown bigshot made a call 2 weeks later and told the Dean to "Put him on the payroll." That's why Obama got a job as a part time guest lecturer at the U of Chicago. (anecdote told by John Lott, JD, and a real tenured professor at U fo Chicago).
Wife Michelle Obama also surrendered her law license for being involved in an insurance scam. Not sure of the details but think it was a health insurance scam involved with her legacy job at the university hospital.
Says here you may be perpetuating some urban legends:
http://www.factcheck.org/2012/06/the-obamas-law-licenses/
Ob1knob, according to this article they have used prism against an extortion 17 parent. Thusly the class action lawsuit. God's speed, Larry Klayman.
http://www.standupamericaus.org/politics-washington-dc/klayman-class-action-suit-on-nsaprism-extortion-17-parents/
What about Obama's favorite son ... Travon Martin and justice for Zimmerman?
A picture of prospective Juror E7...a Coffee Party member, caught lying in court, while seeking "justice" for another...lol.
http://legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Screen-Shot-2013-06-14-at-3.29.03-PM.png
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Awww, someone has a problem with a "progressive" telling a lie, to get on a jury, in a case involving lawful deadly force in the state of Florida.
Another (Juror E73) says she doesn’t “own a gun, I can’t conceive of being armed, I can’t conceive of shooting someone”.
Because she can't "conceive" of owning a gun or shooting someone, one supposes she would rather die pleading for her life while the perp plunges a knife through her breast.
Very odd.
I've been wondering about attorney/client communications too. The implications of the NSA eaves-dropping on plaintiffs suing the govt. a favored corporation, or bank - is just staggering.
Classic ... ZeroHedge et. all vs. National Security Administration
slick barry's deathcare = say byebye to patient-doctor confidentiality as now all records are stored "in the cloud"
http://www.slickbarry.com
I have already begun telling my clients about this. It really does bring up a ton of silly issues. A common thread of "waiving the privilege" is using a forum that you know is not discrete. But they deny they listen to specific conversations...but insiders say they do but....Obama said they don't, but those fuckers were caught cracking the Guantanamo attorney phone lines but... (see: it's insane - like our leaders)
I truly think they want us to know this - to fuck with our head and condition us that all legal privilege is dead.
Hard to believe in a country of corporate super citiens
Spot on Davey. They absolutely wish for us to know. I came to that conclusion quite awhile back. They've been advertising this crap loud and clear. I believe it's more than just conditioning us. They hope to provoke a particular sort of response and are well prepared for when the day arrives, which it most certaintly will.
Welcome to Stasi 2013: If you want it private, you meet in a public space where there's lots of background noise and keep your back to the wall.
I would walk while talking because I've heard there are audio recordings in many public settings and on public transportation.
No one was ever physically damaged by talk. The target is 90% political message control: how the crap is going over and exactly how many don't notice and the rate of that change. This is essential for the Prince of any House. The 10% remainder is Big Data feed for the narrative du jour. You can just imagine the power of the individual if not played properly.
A lot of people do not understand how narratives function, much less understand how their internal narrative is manipulated by their willingness to believe and give trust in authority no matter how absurd the narrative is.
THis is the truth! Read the comments on any left wing 'blog' or places like yahoo.com, alternet.com, etc...and watch the silliness.
Yes, it exists on the right, too.
It's funny that you can read the white house, nyt, fox/msm talking point just by reading comments. Amazing.
Sounds like a plan. I’m also working on an app which automatically sends an email and prerecorded phone message to the NSA every time I send or receive correspondence on one of my tech devices which says, “STOP SPYING ON ME FUCKERS!”
Warning: There may be a downside to this, especially if they are lying about not reading or listening to content. Don’t be surprised if you get audited ten years in a row, your credit score unexpectedly drops from 760 to 60, your ATM short changes you $40 on your next withdrawal, pictures of your kids at the school playground start popping up on the side of your computer screen, and suddenly every time you try to access ZH you’re routed to the NSA website while the National Anthem starts playing in the background.
while the National Anthem starts playing in the background.
HaTikvah, everybody sing along with Nancy now!
Don't get sucked into being "flushed out" folks. The Panoptigon towers are a bluff!
The only reason that the government wants to spy on us is to expand the tax base.
The only reason that Congress WILL pass immigration is to expand the tax base.
The only reason ObamaCare passed was to expand the tax base. You didn't think it was about our health and well-being did you? Our taxes were increased by $2,400. Insurance? Not so much.
The love of money is the root of all evil
The love of our money is the root of government evil
Fixed it for ya
Government is the root of all evil and they love themselves.
Fixed it for ya.
The root of all evil is evil.
Nothing exceeds like excess.
The only reason ObamaCare passed was to expand the tax base.
You forgot the MAJOR reason, adds to Dems voters roles.Wait until the stupid GOP helps pass the Immigration Legalization,the Dems will never lose the WH again.
How about we remind them that the music will stop one day, always does, and the guillotines will be brought out.
The Four Rs
Rejection--Quit paying, quit obeying
Revolution--They need to go
Retribution--Really, is their any place in a restored civil society for the likes of Pelosi and the rest like her?
Restoration--Restore the Constitutional republic
Well said.
Another idea might be to always add an end email disclaimer in a slightly different way:
"Fuck the Fed. Fuck DC. and FUCK YOU NSA. We hate your guts more than having to eat vegetables when we were kids."
Excuse me George, but it is not just Americans. And right now people all over the world are asking themselves if it is a good idea to use an American cloud service or email platform like google and that is what is going to blow the commercial lid off of this.
How can Google or Facebook say we don't give your data to the government but we sell it to Coca Cola?
I am sure the Eurocrats see this as a perfect opportunity to suddenly cast themselves as the protectors of Europe.
Not only is it about infringement of privacy or 'good marketing tactics', it is also about industrial espionage. Germany is the country most monitored by the NSA and zee Germans are not amused.
Exactly. I've told all my clients to ignore the siren song of the cloud. There will be value in not ever having placed your data there. Ever.
my favorite idea, born here (?), was everyone placing every NSA buzzword in their communications
too much love kills a crooked old man
Castor Beans!!! ;-)
I love your work WB..but I cannot help but wonder what the next issue of MAD Magazine would say about all this. I remember 'spy vs spy' fondly.
President Obomb-zombie-nation is leading the Land of Apple Pie to a better place answering the siren call (what another curfew?) of all socialists, Commies and delusional parasites (Church, royalty, dictators etc etc) in their tny minds they can save us ....from ourselves
when a socialist sees a twat in a hole of their own making he doesn't jump in himself to lend a hand... too much like hard work
no he blames the twats misfortune on the rich, and calls for the State theft of the rich (responsible) persons hard earned to bail out the poor (irresponsible) twats misfortune
...and a slice of everyones pie for the socialist himself of course... we wouldn't want O-zombie-nation and his ilk to work, we just have to fund their lavish lifestyles and the bill for the soap box called Govt so self-sanctified parasitical arseholes (politicians) can keep giving us the wisdom of the idealistic shit circling between their ears
such a shame these cretins are going bankrupt by their own hand ...but duck, they'll blame that on everyone but themselves too and expect you to bail them out by working harder
when Obumma says, "you didn't build that" he sincerely/delusionally means it... he helped you build it simply by talking shit from his soapbox every day
¿Copy and paste at the end of emails? Yeah sure, George, that will show the bastards.
Doesn't putting that at the end of your emails give the NSA your implied consent to spy on your emails? After all you are admitting that you know the spying is going on and still sending emails.
A kindly warning to recipients may make them think twice before sending an e-mail with GMAil or Yahoo with personal info on it.
For those of us with our own domains we can use our own e-mail system which is more secure.
I think it's a great idea
At least then when all Internet users are hauled up before kangaroo courts for being political dissidents. the ones who took advice from George will be able to have a bit of a laugh at whatever witty comments were put on all your emails.
Why not just put a legal disclaimer at the end of each email saying that you are not responsible for the contents of the email as it may have been doctored by the NSA?
Disclaimer.
This post could have been intercepted and doctored by the NSA and therefore may not represent the views of the poster.
The NSA must be quaking in their boots at the thought of it, George..
Maybe Al CIAda will take out the Hoover dam, and cut off their juice.
Inter agency rivalry could be our friend.We sure as hell need some
right now.
And as I keep telling people: Get Encryption (GPG), use Tor, or I2P, use OTR and Pigeon... or just pay Cryptohippie.
But DO something.
Like those.
... and for God's sake, dump those store loyalty (spy) cards and don't give out your phone number to the cashiers at the pharmacy and grocery stores when they automatically ask you for it!
They have no way of verifying the phone # you give them, so be creative.