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Canada Reportedly Monitors Downloads From Citizens

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The 2 petabyte data center built in the middle of the desert somewhere in Arizona, Nevada, or New Mexico (can't remember which) designed solely to gather and store people's emails. Waste of money if I've ever heard of one. :P

 

 

 

That could be lol

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hahahahah I love the excuses

 

Canada is always an exception because it's not America, right?

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Yes, because spending money on healthcare for everyone is OBVIOUSLY a waste of precious money :P

Huh? Healthcare? I was still on the spying thing.

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hahahahah I love the excuses

 

Canada is always an exception because it's not America, right?

 

Apparently to some people it is okay for other countries to do this to its citizens.

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Apparently to some people it is okay for other countries to do this to its citizens.

 

It amazes me how we can be ridiculed for stuff like this when it's happening in their own backyard

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Why would the Canadian bother to spy on its citizens?

 

I just assumed that the average Canadian citizen looks up PDF files on how to build igloos and food videos on how to create the perfect maple syrup. Perhaps there is an underground maple syrup trade that deals spiked maple syrup :o.

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Why would the Canadian bother to spy on its citizens?

 

I just assumed that the average Canadian citizen looks up PDF files on how to build igloos and food videos on how to create the perfect maple syrup. Perhaps there is an underground maple syrup trade that deals spiked maple syrup :o.

 

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I know, we should realize that with proper oversight and procedures, it's acceptable here too. 

 

Acceptable? Don't make me sick, you.  :angry: 

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The 2 petabyte data center built in the middle of the desert somewhere in Arizona, Nevada, or New Mexico (can't remember which) designed solely to gather and store people's emails. Waste of money if I've ever heard of one. :P

 

 

 

That could be lol

Actually, with that amount of space they have in the facility, they are planning to fit in 1 EXABYTE by 2020.

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I can verify Canadian ISPs have been looking at hard drives for at least 5-6 years now... not just traffic.

 

...no, not saying how.  -_-

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You wouldn't download maple syrup... Hell yeah I would!

I wouldn't, shit tastes like straight ass.

 

Regular syrup ftw.

 

Fuck spying ass governments. Do some real work. Maybe try and make the world a better place for everyone instead of just perpetuating oligarchies 

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I'm totally fine with this, if it can make my Canada safer then please Canada, go ahead.

 

As long as they aren't busting 10 year olds for pirating a freakin' song, I think spying can work for the benefit of everyone.  Catch all the pedophiles and murders they can.

 

...sadly it does not work that way.  A ten year old grabbing illegal music is just such an easy score :mellow: .

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As long as they aren't busting 10 year olds for pirating a freakin' song, I think spying can work for the benefit of everyone.  Catch all the pedophiles and murders they can.

 

...sadly it does not work that way.  A ten year old grabbing illegal music is just such an easy score :mellow: .

 

They probably won't bother with people like that. Trust me, I am one of the people who torrent the most and I have never been under any law troubles.

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I wouldn't, shit tastes like straight ass.

 

Regular syrup ftw.

 

Fuck spying ass governments. Do some real work. Maybe try and make the world a better place for everyone instead of just perpetuating oligarchies 

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I like how everyone quotes me to tell me I'm wrong and that mass surrvalance is unacceptable but no one actually brings up a legitimate counterpoint. 

 

I actually thought you were joking.

 

It is wrong because people's rights and privacy should never be invaded.  It can and does get out of control and then the next thing we know, we're in 1984.

 

Safety over liberty is a bad thing.

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I actually thought you were joking.

 

It is wrong because people's rights and privacy should never be invaded.  It can and does get out of control and then the next thing we know, we're in 1984.

 

Safety over liberty is a bad thing.

 

We might be closer to full blown authoritarianism than you think.  When all the pieces are slowly being put together over long periods of time, the execution of said jump to total foreign governance can happen very quickly.

 

When stupidity is a form of free expression, that gate to be ruled just opens wide.

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We might be closer to full blown authoritarianism than you think.  When all the pieces are slowly being put together over long periods of time, the execution of said jump to total foreign governance can happen very quickly.

 

When stupidity is a form of free expression, that gate to be ruled just opens wide.

 

I actually think it is very close. Close enough for me to worry a lot...

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I actually think it is very close. Close enough for me to worry a lot...

 

Just keep an alert mind.  You have to do it anyways.  I mean, if you want to worry about our existence...  you can worry about the 99% chance we have of become an exinct race :lol: .  It really is somewhere around there.  All we need is that 1% to try our asses off to change it though.

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I actually thought you were joking.

 

It is wrong because people's rights and privacy should never be invaded.  It can and does get out of control and then the next thing we know, we're in 1984.

 

Safety over liberty is a bad thing.

Please show me specifically how people's privacy is invaded and how that has any damaging effects.

 

A balance needs to be struck between liberty and safety, I agree. But I believe mass surveillance can work in that balance if it is correctly implemented. 

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I actually think it is very close. Close enough for me to worry a lot...

As far as global disaster goes, the U.S. becoming an authoritarian state is pretty low on my list of probability and worry.

 

But if it does happen, I admit I would be screwed...

I haven't hoarded enough tinfoil hats yet 

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Please show me specifically how people's privacy is invaded and how that has any damaging effects.

 

A balance needs to be struck between liberty and safety, I agree. But I believe mass surveillance can work in that balance if it is correctly implemented. 

 

Belief is not needed, that is a fact.  The notion of privacy is a lot of the time an emotional reaction related to a person, or culture's, hubris.

 

Example:  If the government spying on you in the shower could actually save another person's life (I know it is ridiculous), many people's initial reaction would be something like: "Hell no, I don't want anyone seeing me naked". It is emotional.  Logically, why would anyone care, if it was to preserve another person's existence.

 

That is just hubris in relation to certain notions of privacy.

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As far as global disaster goes, the U.S. becoming an authoritarian state is pretty low on my list of probability and worry.

 

But if it does happen, I admit I would be screwed...

I haven't hoarded enough tinfoil hats yet 

 

Global disaster - USA becoming authoritarian...

 

Another mild example of hubris.  :D

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