I am now numb to these revelations, as I suspect are most of the technology community. The only thing that will make the rest of the general populace wake up is if someone on TV says they are vehemently opposed to it. Someone who has trotted out the, "I have nothing to hide, so I am not worried." I believe the only way this will happen is if Edward Snowden specifically targeted one of those people and created a file of some seriously embarrassing (or, better yet, incriminating) private business that will be released. I seriously hope that he has verifiable proof that Glenn Beck is having cocaine-fueled sex parties with Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Joe Liebermann, Diane Feinstein and the corpse of Strom Thurmond.
That, or something to keep football from being televised on Sunday.
Please, Edward. Tell me there is something up your sleeve that will get people to realize that this is actually a really fucking big thing and that it needs to stop right away.
I do not support this level of spying, period. However, the ignition of any real movement would certainly be helped by the personal embarrassment of anybody with a large enough mouthpiece. s/Glenn Beck/Rachel Maddow if you want, the point still stands. Somebody has to get really, really worked up over this.
EDIT: As it so happens, Glenn Beck is actually not in favor of this type of surveillance. I would have never guessed. I thought I was pretty safe in that assumption.
He is, but I made the assumption that due to his other markedly hawk-ish opinions that he might have suspended liberty in favor of security. I do not say this often, but it seems like Glenn Beck and I are on the same page on this issue.
I agree, and my sphere of influence is most certainly incensed already, but there is so much inertia in the population that it needs a jump start.
For instance, this should be front-page news everywhere. Full stop. Instead, the front page of www.cnn.com is currently populated by yet another Paul Walker death story, www.msnbc.com does not have any reference to it on its home page, and www.foxnews.com is devoid of this bombshell as well.
It really looks like the American populace at large is perfectly okay with being spied on and tracked everywhere. For all of the talk there is about wanting a smaller government, there sure ain't a hell of a lot of action. I cannot think of a government that is bigger than one that tracks your every move, forever.
This is stupid, targeting individuals at 'random' is pointless and won't help anything. There is no way to tell whether or not a Character even holds a specific view that they portray. It's called acting for a reason, and this is why "faking it until you make it" is so popular.
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All that matters post Snowden Revelations is Game Theory - as if this isn't how it's always been. It doesn't even matter what he says now, he has established himself as a Character. Whether he's even a legitimate individual is irrelevant. The fact that he and WikiLeaks both choose to release their documents over time instead of in a single dump gives them the advantage of having or following a script. The only ones who don't know what's on those documents are the public. There honestly doesn't seem to be a reason to trust either party and I doubt either will ever be in any real danger unless they so choose so, because that's all people seem to want in life is to be remembered after death.
The only thing that could ever work is individuals in power promoting a strictly decentralized or public society. Yet, this will never happen because High School never ends, and someone always wants to run the show. So, if the whole worlds a stage how come you aren't looking at the stars?
>The fact that he and WikiLeaks both choose to release their documents over time instead of in a single dump gives them the advantage of having or following a script
The downside of this is that the public/media have a short attention span - 'oh look, the 3rd NSA story this week', and then what probably should've been front page material gets hidden away
The DNC is doing their annual "survey fund raiser" respond to it if you have one. I'm certain the RNC is doing something too. Write letters to you representatives, call them. I know this will shock and sound sacrilege to many here, give your sitting representatives $100 and share your opinion. Make defunding NSA your number one issue. We can play the game and it's not that expensive to be heard.
It won't stop right away, it could take time but it's closer than you think. Let the people in power know it's your biggest issue and put some campaign funds in to the mix to let the know this is for real. Moreover, I'd hope facebook, ms, google, etc would pony up some serious lobbyists, we need to beat that drum too.
That, or something to keep football from being televised on Sunday.
Please, Edward. Tell me there is something up your sleeve that will get people to realize that this is actually a really fucking big thing and that it needs to stop right away.