Assange: Facebook, Google, Yahoo Are Spying Tools For U.S. Intelligence

By majestic on May 3, 2011 in News 20

Julian Assange says Facebook, Google and Yahoo are spying tools for U.S. intelligence:

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emperorreagan

No shit.

The uncomfortable truth is that everyone is invading your privacy as much as they possibly can and instead of protecting it, the government has decided to lead the charge. You can resign yourself to it, maybe complain about it, or you can opt to drop off the face of the earth as much as possible (paying cash to local retailers where they still exist, for example), but there’s no happy medium where you can be fully connected and retain your privacy.
- microchipmonk
  
  Many sign the agreement to join these sites but few understand the words in the legalese context!
emperorreagan

No shit.

The uncomfortable truth is that everyone is invading your privacy as much as they possibly can and instead of protecting it, the government has decided to lead the charge. You can resign yourself to it, maybe complain about it, or you can opt to drop off the face of the earth as much as possible (paying cash to local retailers where they still exist, for example), but there’s no happy medium where you can be fully connected and retain your privacy.
rth4j3k2

Thank god for julian assange
rth4j3k2

Thank god for julian assange
Nuggett

This story is a bit ironic. If I hadn’t disabled my facebook account a few months ago, Disinfo and Facebook would have given me a warm welcome by name with two or three friends (with pics) who “liked” this site. It seems to be happening on every site I go to.
Nuggett

This story is a bit ironic. If I hadn’t disabled my facebook account a few months ago, Disinfo and Facebook would have given me a warm welcome by name with two or three friends (with pics) who “liked” this site. It seems to be happening on every site I go to.
oh

Apple not only tracks peoples movements through their iphones and then uploads them with hidden software, but also apple computers scan through photos on their computer and isolatse peoples faces and creates a database of them. Whats to say these arent uploades as well. Creepy
- microchipmonk
  
  Please put that into perspective!..All the crap that is passed of as peoples lives, is in some way power for these providers ? LOL The fact is 99%of the population including me are or no relivance at all ! Ego is the great twister !. really ,what important world changing ideals have you ever come up with that could make you a corporate enemy ! I wager None !
  - oh
    
    I dont have an apple or a camera, i just noticed thats what is being done and its just chatty coment relevent to the above article which mentions the recent news story about apple uploading tracking information. you read alot in to that comment mate. Ive talked with other people about the practice of taking peoples face off their photos and they agreed that it was a little creepy. do you have an apple devise by any chance, a little bit touchy.
oh

Apple not only tracks peoples movements through their iphones and then uploads them with hidden software, but also apple computers scan through photos on their computer and isolatse peoples faces and creates a database of them. Whats to say these arent uploades as well. Creepy
microchipmonk

Many sign the agreement to join these sites but few understand the words in the legalese context!
microchipmonk

Please put that into perspective!..All the crap that is passed of as peoples lives, is in some way power for these providers ? LOL The fact is 99%of the population including me are or no relivance at all ! Ego is the great twister !. really ,what important world changing ideals have you ever come up with that could make you a corporate enemy ! I wager None !
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>Assange: Facebook, Google, Yahoo Are Spying Tools For U.S. Intelligence

REALLY!!!!! gooooooolly gee who woulda thunk it
oh

I dont have an apple or a camera, i just noticed thats what is being done and its just chatty coment relevent to the above article which mentions the recent news story about apple uploading tracking information. you read alot in to that comment mate. Ive talked with other people about the practice of taking peoples face off their photos and they agreed that it was a little creepy. do you have an apple devise by any chance, a little bit touchy.
rtb61

The quality of the information held by Facebook in reality are an illusion portrayed by Facebook in order to sell that data and advertising space.
Let’s be honest Facebook would have to be the biggest compilation of bullshit on the face of the planet. The race to have most friends as some kind of score, exaggerations about who people are and what they do, false compliments, claims of liking something because it is marketed as being cool to like it and the list goes on. A flood of data mixed with a huge amount less than truthful entries makes it contaminated database. Maybe some of the groups are of value, my even then most people join them without any thought or commitment and quickly forget about them.
As for google use this addon for firefox http://cs.nyu.edu/trackmenot/.
Anonymous

The quality of the information held by Facebook in reality are an illusion portrayed by Facebook in order to sell that data and advertising space.
Let’s be honest Facebook would have to be the biggest compilation of bullshit on the face of the planet. The race to have most friends as some kind of score, exaggerations about who people are and what they do, false compliments, claims of liking something because it is marketed as being cool to like it and the list goes on. A flood of data mixed with a huge amount less than truthful entries makes it contaminated database. Maybe some of the groups are of value, my even then most people join them without any thought or commitment and quickly forget about them.
As for google use this addon for firefox http://cs.nyu.edu/trackmenot/.
Citizen-of-the-european-union

It would be perfect to have Julian Assange on BBC’s Hard Talk.
Citizen-of-the-european-union

It would be perfect to have Julian Assange on BBC’s Hard Talk.
Anonymous

They aren’t. And the iPhone issue was over-hyped as well and the truth was corrected shortly after the story broke.