ss7234 (9/8/2013)
As for the government, believe me, I am against any sort of 1984, Minority Report future. But the same people that are so quick to denounce the US Government over a couple leaked, debunked slides from a traitor contractor who fled immediately to hostile nations are the same people ready to declare war over terrorist attacks.
Obviously the response to being attacked on 9/11/2001 was not justified at all. And the additional violation of our liberties were justified?
It's easy to sit in a server room and complain about government spying (you're not monitoring your network traffic??) and then order hundreds of thousands of our troops into combat after another group of innocent citizens is killed in an attack on US soil.
Please show me where the U.S. Government has gone on another attack since 9/11 where another group of innocent citizens is killed?
Let's try and be a little more pragmatic and reasonable. Protecting your data, and your customers data is a great. But the knee-jerk, conspiracy theory reaction to recent "revelations" (did you think the NSA just read the paper and played chess?) is ridiculous.
Why is it a knee-jerk, conspiracy theory that the NSA is illegally spying on our data? Especially that the Patriot Act and the NDA Act can be seen to destroy our liberties?
As data professionals we know how much data the private sector has been amassing over the years. We know how much information can be gleaned ... our government for doing the same thing?
As for a private company having your data -- can they put you in jail? Can they legally fine you? Can they force you into a contract?
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Jim P.
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