3 Reasons The ‘Nothing To Hide’ Crowd Should Be Worried About Government Surveillance
” Responding to a popular reaction to news of the National Security Agency’s massive data collection program, blogger Daniel Sieradski started a Twitter feed called “Nothing to Hide.” He has retweeted hundreds of people who have declared in one form or another that they are not concerned that the federal government may spy on them. They say they have done nothing wrong, so they have nothing to hide. If it helps the government fight terrorists, go ahead, take their civil liberties away.
In his blog, a frustrated Sieradski listed many of the abuses of power our federal government is known for; he is not happy with the “nothing to hide” crowd.
There are many, many reasons to be concerned about the rise of the surveillance state, even if you have nothing to hide. Or rather, even if you think you have nothing to hide. For those confronted by such simplistic arguments, here are a three counterarguments that perhaps might get these people thinking about what they’re actually giving up.
1. Every American Is Probably a Criminal, Really
That Americans think they have nothing to hide in the first place is a sign of how little attention they’re paying to the behavior of our Department of Justice. Many Americans have run afoul of federal laws without even knowing it. Tim Carney noted at the Washington Examiner:
Copy a song to your laptop from a friend’s Beyonce CD? You just violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Did you buy some clothes in Delaware because they were tax free? You’re probably evading taxes. Did you give your 20-year-old nephew a glass of wine at dinner? Illegal in many states.”
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REPUBLICAN REP. NOTICES IRS AGENTS TRAINING WITH AR-15S DURING DHS TOUR: ‘I’M LOOKING INTO THE ISSUE NOW’
” This little item could give the IRS’ whole “targeting” conservatives scandal a brand-new twist.
Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.) tweeted that he observed IRS agents training with AR-15s when he toured the Department of Homeland Security”
More here
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‘Battlestar Galactica’ Actress Katee Sackhoff Loses Twitter Star Power For Upholding Gun Rights
“ Katee Sackhoff, the Hollywood actress known for her tomboyish, gun-toting star roles in hard-charging action flicks and TV shows — including one as mercurial but talented pilot Kara “Starbuck” Thrace on the television series “Battlestar Galactica” — has taken a Twitter hit for her pro-gun messages.
She tweeted on Monday: “On a lighter note since I’ve lost half my followers due to talking about gun safety … the sun is shining and Happy Monday. Love your neighbor today.”
If you Tweet and support the Second Amendment give her a follow @kateesackhoff . Show her your support . She is deserving of it . She is certainly one of the smarter and more honest celebrities in Hollywood.
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Just How Much Did Tech Companies Play Footsie With the NSA?
” How complicit are tech companies in the National Security Agency’s massive spying scheme? They certainly bear some responsibility, but the rules under which the surveillance is conducted make it unclear — perhaps deliberately — the extent to which companies have resisted or folded, and also limit the channels available to the more privacy-minded to put up a fight.
News reports make it clear that many companies not only cooperated with the NSA, but even modified their systems to allow government spooks easier access to data. Others are known to have been less willing to make life easy for snoops.
Make no mistake, even the Twitters of the world are required to surrender information about their users when ordered to do so under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. And, they are forbidden to tell targeted users, civil liberties advocates or the public at large anything about such orders. Resistant companies can appeal, but only through the secretive process allowed them by the law. And we know that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court approved all but one of the 1,856 surveillance requests it received in 2012. One was withdrawn. None were disapproved. So, even the most privacy-minded tech executives have limited options when it comes to protecting their cutomers’ information.
From Reuters:
U.S. Internet companies that want to resist government demands to hand over customer data for intelligence investigations have few legal options, due to the classified nature of such probes and a court review process shrouded in secrecy.
Some of the complaints about government pressure from business executives are, no doubt, sincere. But take them all with a grain of salt.”
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When Will Our Mobile Devices Get to Work?
” You’re about to head out on long business trip or extended working “vacation.” The question is, do you bring a smartphone, your laptop, or a tablet?
For many people, the answer is all three. The phone is for answering calls, checking email, and sneaking Angry Birds; the tablet is for streaming videos; and the laptop is for all things truly work. But will lugging around a computer always be necessary?
The most important innovation for mobile productivity might be speech technology. Apps such as Ask Ziggy and Siri already handle spoken requests like “find me a hotel in San Francisco” or “remind me to call my wife in the morning,” and there are programs such as Nuance that let users dictate entire documents by voice. These kinds of programs have been around for years, but have improved greatly of late and require little training. ”
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Taksim Square Protests: 13 Photos Showing Severity Of the Protests
Aerial View Of Taksim Square
” The mainstream media has yet to highlight the protests. Meanwhile, police brutality continues as over 900 people have been arrested and several have been killed.”
Blood in the Streets Of Istanbul
” Here are thirteen pictures from Twitter that show why we should take offense with mainstream media for not covering what could become an historic event.”
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A reader saw a post of ours regarding a woman who went undercover in Egypt to recover her kidnapped son and asked us for help . If anyone has information on this case perhaps you would help . Please read the post and decide for yourselves . We cannot attest to the veracity of these claims and present this information copied in it’s entirety from the site at the link . Feel free to pass this along and perhaps we can help reunite father and son .
Missing Child Updated May 11, 2013, 8:23 AM Blake Edward Cleveland, Missing, Abducted, Abused
I have Full Physical and Legal Custody of Blake, he has been taken from me to a place that is very dangerous.Watching the news and seeing the violence In Egypt, you must know the danger that exists there for Blake.For simple clarification, Blake and all persons related to him are Citizens of and born in the United States of America and have no ties or marital relations in the Middle East.
Why Jennifer fled this Country to Egypt is a mystery, as well as, all of the possible reasons why Jennifer fled.Share this URL with all of your contacts and encourage them to do the same:
http://sites.google.com/site/blakeclevelandmissing12inms/If you would like to be kept up to speed, Send me a Friend Request on FaceBook or Follow me on Twitter.Blake is listed on INTERPOL’S website as a missing person, arrangements have been made with to return Blake to the USA.Jennifer has fled the with our son. They took off March-22-2012 and have evaded law enforcement and ignored the warrants for their arrest.Jennifer also fled with her new husband Brandon Houff.
Here you will find this basic information on a similar website for Arabic
Readers:
طفل مفقود بليك كليفلاند ١٣ عام جائزة مالي
ة ٦٠٠٠ جنيه
Help Find Blake T-Shirt
$1,000.00 REWARD OFFERED
TO THE ONE PERSON THAT AIDS LAW ENFORCEMENT
IN THE SAFE (UN HARMED) RETURN OF BLAKE EDWARD CLEVELAND TO THE FATHER “DANNY” WILLIAM DANIEL CLEVELAND
Wanted by the State of Mississippi and the Justice Department for International Parental Kidnapping
JENNIFER MICHELLE HOUFF aka LINDSAY aka WARRINER
Please contact anyone you know in Egypt or the Middle East and ask them to please help locate Blake
here are Three photos of Blake Edward Cleveland
Blake Edward Cleveland DOB 06/30/1999If identified please call 911, Call your Local FBI or whatever Local Law Enforcement that is available to you as all law enforcement officials have an ORDER AND WRIT OF ASSISTANCE DIRECTING ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT to return the child to his Father William D. Cleveland.
The Mother Jennifer Houff who is on the run from the law DOB march 16 1977 green eyes dyes her hair blond sometimes, she is about 5ft 5inchs tall and normally weighs about 110 -122 poundsJennifer’s LAST KNOWN address 308 LaSalle Court in Flowood, MS
call MR. Cleveland at 601-265-1147
Here are photos of the Kidnapper
there is a International Warrant for her arrest
Jennifer changes her looks often and may be wearing contacts to change her eye color, Jennifer changes her hair color the most, Jennifer can easily be spotted if she is bare footed her big toe is unusually short and the rest of her toes are unusually longer than normal, she has an uncontrollable laugh when she is nervous.
Here is a photo of the Husband of the Kidnapper (He is with Jennifer and Blake and they are on the run from the LAW), his name is Brandon K. Houff his date of birth is January 26 1976
his eyes are blue, what is left of his hair is brown (he was wearing a glue on wig the last time I saw him) his height is 5ft 11inches, weight is about 185 pounds
my advice to you Brandon is to bring Blake to Law Enforcement and help save him from DANGER, allow Blake to have a future free from the type of life that you live with Jennifer
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How to Enable Two-Factor Authentication On Twitter (And Everywhere Else)
” Twitter rolled out two-factor authentication last week, joining a growing group of tech companies to support the important security feature. Two-factor authentication can help mitigate the damage of a password breach or phishing attack.
The Three Authentication Factors
- A knowledge factor, like a password or PIN. Something you know.
- A possession factor, like a key or a hardware dongle. Something you have.
- An inherence factor, like a fingerprint or an iris. Something you are.
The principle comes from the idea that any authentication system—whether it’s the deadbolt on your front door, the lockscreen on your smartphone, or the bouncer at a secret clubhouse—works by confirming something you know, something you have, or something you are. Each of these are called “factors.”
Normal password logins just check whether you know a password, which means anybody else who learns it can log in as you. Adding a second factor—in this case, checking something you have, your phone—means that even if your password is compromised by, say, a keylogger in an Internet cafe, or through a company’s security breach, your account is safe.”
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GLORY TO THE BOYS – Dementia
A thoughtful reader(Dave Allen @GloryToTheBoys) requested a shoutout for this video and we here at youviewed.com will never pass up an opportunity to offer our thanks and support to our “rough men who stand ready … ” especially on this weekend of Memorial Day .
God Bless The Troops
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Joseph Whelan http://www.facebook.com/joewhelanmusic© Dementia 2010. The single recorded by ‘Dementia’, and written by Dave Allen in aid of armed forces across the world, fighting for peace and freedom in todays hostile world. More details can be found at http://www.afghanheroes.org.uk ”
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Editor’s Note : This story first appeared a year ago but we missed it . However , in light of recent revelations regarding what seems to be normal procedure for various agencies of the federal government we thought it would be of interest to our readers .
Dept. of Homeland Security Forced To Release List Of Keywords Used To Monitor Social Networking Sites
” In a story appearing earlier today on the U.K’s Daily Mail website, it was reported that the DHS has been forced to release a list of keywords and phrases it uses to monitor various social networking sites. The list provides a glimpse into what DHS describes as “signs of terrorist or other threats against the U.S.”
The list was posted by the Electronic Privacy Information Center who filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act, before suing to obtain the release of the documents. The documents were part of the department’s 2011 ’Analyst’s Desktop Binder‘ used by workers at their National Operations Center which instructs workers to identify ‘media reports that reflect adversely on DHS and response activities’.”
” (Update 1: Reading through the Desktop Binder, I discovered the DHS Twitter account is @dhsnocmmc1 and DHS appears to be using tweetdeck to monitor the various keywords. See Page 38 – Also interesting to note they seem to be using a Mac Mini as a server, and no password vaults. All Passwords appear to be shared in a plain text word document.)
(Update 2: On page 37, DHS instructs analysts to accept invalid SSL certificates forever without verification. Although invalid SSL warnings often appear in benign situations, they can also signal a man-in-the-middle attack.Not a good practice for the security conscience. Thanks to @obra on twitter for the tip.)”
Here are some of the keywords DHS is monitoring . Go here to see the whole list and read the DHS Desktop Binder.
Read up on how your government is reading your stuff
You can read the original article at the DailyMail.co.uk
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DOJ: We Don’t Need Warrants For E-Mail, Facebook Chats
” The U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI believe they don’t need a search warrant to review Americans’ e-mails, Facebook chats, Twitter direct messages, and other private files, internal documents reveal.
Government documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union and provided to CNET show a split over electronic privacy rights within the Obama administration, with Justice Department prosecutors and investigators privately insisting they’re not legally required to obtain search warrants for e-mail. The IRS, on the other hand, publicly said last month that it would abandon a controversial policy that claimed it could get warrantless access to e-mail correspondence.”
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‘THE DAILY SHOW’ CREATOR MAKES OUTRAGEOUSLY OFFENSIVE ANTI-CONSERVATIVE JOKE ABOUT OKLA. TORNADO
” Lizz Winstead, comedian and creator of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” was heavily criticized after jokingly saying Monday’s deadly tornado in Oklahoma had “been ordered to only target conservatives.
“This tornado is in Oklahoma so clearly it has been ordered to only target conservatives,” she tweeted.”
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Yahoo To Acquire Tumblr For $1.1 Billion
” Reports say the Yahoo board has approved a $1.1 billion cash deal to acquire Tumblr. Yahoo’s board reportedly approved the deal in a meeting on Friday.According to All Things D, the deal was a unanimous vote and it will be announced Monday morning.Part of the deal stipulates that Tumblr CEO David Karp, will stay with Yahoo for at least four years and retain control over day-to-day management of the online service allowing the Tumblr brand to continue, but Yahoo will be helping to develop advertising.
The Wall Street Journal notes that Tumblr had just started focusing on building its advertising revenue after concentrating on building its user base as an easy-to-use blogging platform.
Tumblr has experience fast growth in recent years. According to WSJ, it had a worldwide traffic of about 117 million vistors in April, compared to 58 million the previous year, about 12 million unique visitors on smartphone, compared to about four million in the previous year. The site claims 108.4 million blogs and 50.9 billion posts. It had a US desktop traffic of 37 million in April, comparable to LinkedIn and Twitter although Twiiter has much more mobile traffic. “
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Which Companies Help Protect Your Data From The Government (An Important Infographic)
” The folks at the Electronic Frontier Foundation do such good work. Everyone who cares about freedom in the online world should send them a check (or some bitcoin.)”
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False White House Scare Thanks To Hacked AP Twitter Account Feed
” Earlier today, the Associated Press (AP) Twitter feed was reportedly hacked. One of the hacked tweets involved false information about explosions (repeat: false) at the White House and President Obama being injured in the blasts. Last week’s Boston Marathon explosions raised similar concerns for what happens when our news stream originates in the social media stream.”
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Hackers Hijack CBS To Claim Obama Involvement In Boston Bombings
” The mainstream media’s refusal to report on images showing private military operatives on the scene of the Boston bombings carrying heavy backpacks prompted hacking group the Syrian Electronic Army to take matters into their own hands by hijacking CBS 60 Minutes’ Twitter account and sending out tweets exposing unanswered questions behind this week’s attacks.
“The attack occurred while a “48 Hours” special about the Boston Marathon bombings was airing on the same network,” reports Boston.com.
The tweets sent out by the group mainly focused on the Obama administration’s support for Al-Qaeda militants in Syria, but also brought attention to an issue which has been subject to a corporate media blackout since it first emerged – the presence of numerous identically dressed men who were caught on camera immediately before and after the Boston bombings wearing black backpacks and behaving as if they were engaged in some kind of security exercise.
“The actual Boston bombers caught on camera, professionals under US regime protection,” one of the tweets stated. “The US government is hiding the real culprit of the Boston bombing,” added another.”
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REVEALED: The Boston Marathon Bomber Twitter Account
“ BroBible has confirmed with more than one of his classmates that the Twitter account @j_tsar is owned by the one remaining Boston Marathon Bomber, Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev.
Some of the tweets are rather noteworthy, like this these two from April 17. One is a retweet from a mufti.
John Hawkins has lots more . Pay him a visit .
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IRS Collecting Tax Payer Information From Facebook And Twitter
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You have until April 15th to file
a return – and the IRS will be collecting a lot more than just taxes this year.
According to several reports, the agency will also be collecting personal information from sites like Facebook and Twitter.
The government has said it would only check a Facebook page or twitter account if there is already red flag in a tax form.”
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Anonymous Hits Israel With A Massive Cyber Attack, Israel Attacks Back
” To ring in this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day, the classy hackers at Anonymous took down a bunch of Israeli government websites on Sunday and say they caused over $3 billion in damage. But they didn’t totally get away with it. Within a few hours of the attack which Anonymous says affected 100,000 websites, 40,000 Facebook pages, 5,000 Twitter accounts and 30,000 bank accounts, anIsraeli hacker broke into the website that Anonymous had set up for the attack, dubbed Operation Israel. Instead of the original anti-Israel messages that were originally on the site to protest Israel’s treatment of Palestine, the Israeli hacker rejiggered the site to play “Hatikvah,” Israel’s national anthem. “
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- Update – #OpIsrael hacker war mostly failing (legalinsurrection.com)
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Obama’s Continued Use Of The Claim That 40 Percent Of Gun Sales Lack Background Checks
“Why wouldn’t we want to close the loophole that allows as many as 40 percent of all gun purchases to take place without a background check?”
— President Obama, remarks on gun safety, March 28, 2013
“FACT: Nearly 40% of all gun sales don’t require a background check under current law. #DemandAction”
— tweet from @BarackObama, March 28
” We were away last week and have been catching up on the recent rhetoric. A number of readers asked us about this comment last week by President Obama, and his Twitter account (managed by his campaign spin-off Organizing for Action), given that we had looked closely at this statistic back in January, in twocolumns, and found it wanting. It ultimately earned a rating of Two Pinocchios. PolitiFact in January also concluded there were serious problems with this particular statistic, giving it a rating of “half true.”
Normally we would expect some adjustment of the language in response to a fact-checker consensus. Alas, it appears to be time for a refresher course — and a new rating.”
He’s misusing two decade old data and the Post calls him on it .
” In the meantime, we have documented that (a) the survey numbers are about two decades old, so they include purchases that predate any background checks; (b) the survey sample is rather small; and (c) the results are significantly different when adjusted for “purchases” or “sales” — the phrasing used by the president.
Two months ago, we were willing to cut the White House some slack, given the paucity of recent data. But the president’s failure to acknowledge the significant questions about these old data, or his slippery phrasing, leaves us little choice but to downgrade this claim to Three Pinocchios.”
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- Hutchinson, NRA’s school safety point man, supports expanding background checks (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)
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- Did David Gregory cite ’40 percent of guns are purchased without a background check’ myth? (twitchy.com)
- Obama Hectors, Lies on Gun Control Statistics (Again) (pjmedia.com)
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The University Utopia
” Just after November’s election, I posed three paradoxes of American politics, asking why certain demographic groups make up reliable voting blocs for the left, even though the pro-free-market ideas of the right have so much to offer them.
I have begun to revisit these paradoxes. In part one of this series, I laid out the case for why the pro-free-market right needs to reclaim these key demographic groups—young people, racial minorities, and city dwellers—and why I regard these as natural constituencies for the free market whose lockstep voting for the left is a paradox.
In this installment, I take up the first of the paradoxes: Why do the young vote for dependency—when the essence of youth is a quest for independence? My purpose for now is mostly just to solve the paradox, to explain the reason for the apparent contradiction, and to indicate what this implies for how the right should change its message and its sales tactics. When I am done looking at all three paradoxes, I will look in greater depth at an agenda of reform for the political strategy of the right.
First, let me explain why I do not include women among the main demographic groups the right needs to reach. Despite the left’s rhetoric on this issue, women are not a monolithic voting bloc. If you break down the numbers for last fall’s election, for example, Mitt Romney won the vote of white women by 56 to 42 percent. President Obama only won the women’s vote on the strength of his enormous advantage among racial minorities. The “marriage gap” was equally striking. Romney won 53% of the votes of married women, while Obama won 67% of the votes of unmarried women.”
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Show Your Support for Firearms Equality (8 PHOTOS)
“Show your support for firearms equality by changing your Facebook status to one of these!”
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