government surveillance is on the rise

[pwsincd]

Snippet :

" Governments around the world made nearly 21,000 requests for access to Google data in the first six months of this year, according to the search engine.
Its Transparency Report indicates government surveillance of online lives is rising sharply. "
Source : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20319505
Who has anything to fear ?

 

[Hyro-Sama]

inb4fuckgovernmentanonmyousFTWhipsters

 

[Bladexdsl]

big Obama is watching!

 

[narutofan777]

what a waste of money.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

I'm just gonna sit idly by and watch the fearmongering and paranoia build as they usually do in these threads.

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[Rydian]

I'm just gonna sit idly by and watch the fearmongering and paranoia build as they usually do in these threads.

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Aren't you aware that the frequency of your farts is measured and then the delta of the standard deviation over two weeks is used to determine whether you get stopped for a search at the airport or not?

I mean this is obviously why my google results have included less funny cat pictures and more breasts.

I should move to Canada, THEY don't have mandatory health care. Also Europe will welcome me with open arms. Not france, they don't shave.

Hold on, I'll finish this post later, my friend just killed a buck with his bare hands by punching it in the nuts so hard the whole thing exploded, I gotta' go help him clean it up before the cops get suspicious.

'MURICA, AWAYYYYYYY!

 

[Sheimi]

lol, I hope they like my google searches . tbh, I don't even remember what I searched for between January to June this year. Oh well, now they know a bit more about me

 

[Gahars]

what a waste of money.

You know, I had never considered the government's possible encroachment on our privacy and what some would call a step towards a true, Orwellian police state in that way before. Wow.

Thank you for your enlightening words of wisdom.

 

[Vampire Lied]

Not really news imo. If anyone thought they weren't watching, they were just naive.

 

[omgpwn666]

What are we looking up that the government hasn't?
Link

 

[Qtis]

Well considering that some places have a much heavier surveillance already (Yes you China and Iran), I don't see the big issue here. Most are probably related to some kind of crime investigation, which - believe it or not - happens on the internet!

 

[pwsincd]

seems piracy sites are the bulk of all site that are requested to be removed 32,130 domains requested to be removed this month alone : http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/removals/copyright/domains/?r=last-month , and mainly by the industry :
http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/removals/copyright/reporters/?r=all-time


I know it's not news, just made for interesting reading (or a nice source for dodgy sites to visit )

 

[Bladexdsl]

all this because of megaupload

 

[Rydian]

seems piracy sites are the bulk of all site that are requested to be removed 32,130 domains requested to be removed this month alone : http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/removals/copyright/domains/?r=last-month , and mainly by the industry :
http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/removals/copyright/reporters/?r=all-time


I know it's not news, just made for interesting reading (or a nice source for dodgy sites to visit )

Checked out an entry there...

There's literally companies out there with the sole purpose of sending mass takedown requests, and some of them have sent the same site over two thousand times? No wonder Google says most of the takedown requests they get are invalid...

 

[BORTZ]

Oh boy I have soo much to hide from the feds. Shiz.

They already have your info and whatever they need if they want it. It's nothing to worry about.

 

[the_randomizer]

Ugh. This is really retarded. Yay for more freedom-oppressing jackholes!

Spoiler

The government wouldn't dare object to Google searches that yield these results, now would they?