Big brother watching MySpace

[Ghryphen]

Pentagon's National Security Agency, which specialises in eavesdropping and code-breaking, is funding research into the mass harvesting of the information that people post about themselves on social networks.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19025556.200?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=mg19025556.200

[Hamma]

Awesome

[Giovanni]

Isn't there a law about internet privacy?

[Rbstr]

Yes there are some but it definetly doesn't apply, your posting to Myspace with the express purpose of SHARING the info with other people in the first place.

[Firefly]

Isn't there a law about internet privacy?
There's no such thing. If you're stupid enough of a fucking dolt to post that you're w-age and x-gender, living in y-location, of z-background, then you deserve every stupid fucking thing that happens to you.

Myspace is largely, if not completely, American-owned and operated. It is, in fact, a business. It doesn't charge users, but it has massive advertising, draws revenue, etc. It therefore is not subject to privacy in the personal sense - and if attacked, those attacks are seriously investigated and acted on by the FBI.

However, the NSA previously was not allowed to collect on American targets. This was not an unspoken agreement, it was LAW, and it was called the USSIDs, for "United States Signals Intelligence Directives". These laws outlined precisely what was forbidden, what was gray, and what was authorized. These laws were violated, spit on, shit on, and flat-out ignored by President Bush and his ship of fools. Or in his case, car of idiots.

[Shadwulf]

i dont have a myspace acount, i feel prrity safe.

i wonder if hamma could send me a pm with all the info about me.
then ill be really scared.