Another celebrity phone hacked--but this time its scary!!

[xchangx]

Guess you couldn't find anything...

 

[chr6]

Originally posted by: rh71
In other news, tin foil has seen a record number of sales.

lol this one made me laugh really loud at work

 

[BudAshes]

Originally posted by: ranmaniac

It's amazing how people think that the government wants to spy on average people. The gov could care less what you are doing, unless you pose a threat somehow.

The government does spy on "average" people, every phone call, email, FAX etc goes through the NSA.

Theres more than one way for a government to control the populace, and having access to your personal information could be even more intimidating than threatening violence

 

[kranky]

Originally posted by: ranmaniac
The government does spy on "average" people, every phone call, email, FAX etc goes through the NSA.

Please tell me you don't really believe that.

 

[PricklyPete]

Originally posted by: xchangx

Originally posted by: UNCjigga
Some LP-obsessed chick working at Sandia National Laboratories thought it'd be fun to use the National Security supercomputer to get into Chester Bennington's Verizon Wireless account.

Phone number? Of course.
Emails and TXTs? Yes.
Camera phone pics and MMS? Check.

The brilliant stalker then decides to threaten his wife, and authorities arrested her and are now investigating how exactly she hacked into his account. Well here's a hint: Sandia National Labs "develops technology to support national security". In other words--the government wants digital backdoors to eavesdrop on communications and Sandia's holding the keys. These are the kind of abuses that scare me in our modern digital Information Age.

Link

It's amazing how people think that the government wants to spy on average people. The gov could care less what you are doing, unless you pose a threat somehow.

Ever heard of something called history? ...you might want to look it up.

 

[PricklyPete]

Originally posted by: mordantmonkey

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
There are checks and balances built in so people like this get caught, as exemplified.

except they didn't get caught due to any "checks and balances"

Exactly...

 

[Atheus]

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: ranmaniac
The government does spy on "average" people, every phone call, email, FAX etc goes through the NSA.

Please tell me you don't really believe that.

Maybe not _every_ call, but, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECHELON

Regardless of that, the government here openly admits tracking and listening to normal people through CCTV cameras, and electronic payment systems. I believe the US government also taps landlines and intercepts cellphones - all by the President's own admission.