NSA access is built into Windows

[miriam_e]

http://www.heise.de/tp/english/inhalt/te/5263/1.html

Interesting article. There is even a link to a site that tells how to change the NSA key to protect yourself from being spied upon. Unfortunately the website has been taken down. Gee, I wonder why?

Some people will be tempted to think that it is OK for shadowy spy agencies to look into all that we do. After all, if you are law abiding then you have nothing to fear right? Such people have very short memories. Remember the McCarthy witch hunts against communists? How many innocent people's lives were ruined because they were fingered as communists? Nobody needed to prove anything -- just suspicion was enough for you to be shut out of society and for you to lose everything. Law abiding people have a lot to fear from spooks.

At the moment we have 2 witch hunts in progress: the mad scramble to find terrorists, and the frantic fear of pedophiles. You only need to have the vaguest suggestion of your name to be linked with either to be ruined. Justice and the law don't even begin to come into the picture.

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Additional:
Oh, I forgot to mention that about 60 million* Americans (about a fifth of the population) are now criminals because of insane copyright laws imposed by the big corporations, so if you think you are safe... think again.

* The number is almost certainly much higher than 60 million. Have you ever taped a TV program, or a song off the radio, or taped a mix of songs from your CDs for playing in the car, or given a tape of songs to a friend or relative? Have you photostatted an article from a magazine or a chapter out of a book?

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[guyminuslife.livejournal.com]

National Education Association. As in, the teachers' union.

[miriam-e.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes. Found it.

Heheheheheh
Poor Mr Paige, he must have had a bad day.
I'm sure he changed many hearts and minds with that talk.
That's the way to get the teachers to vote for you: insult them. :)

[guyminuslife.livejournal.com]

The Bush administration's big weakness, I think, is that it doesn't mind pissing off big groups. Like firefighters. Interesting thing about federal budget cuts is that you cause people who work in the public sector--which probably, though I don't have verification on this, means that they're more politically active--getting pay cuts and layoffs. Which they don't like. Which makes them vote against you.