"1984 was not supposed to be an instruction manual"

[RIJIMMY]

do you think an organization (our govt) that cant pass any legislation, cant balance a budget and cant agree on anything can possibly be that sophisticated?
Take a look at the TSA, that would be the calibre of "enforcers" for Big Brother....I'm not worried.

But....big business is another story - Facebook, Google - they're not racking in billions because they have nice websites. They are making $$$$ off the info they have on YOU. Thats scary and will be more so.
Want an example? Last week, while in a parking lot, I found a womans drivers license from my town. I googled her to get her number to return it.
In seconds, I not only got her phone #, I knew her kids were honor role students, what business her husband was in and that she ran in the Boston Marathon. Imagine if my intent was to do harm? I could use that info for a variety of purposes. That is SCARY.

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by RIJIMMY

do you think an organization (our govt) that cant pass any legislation, cant balance a budget and cant agree on anything can possibly be that sophisticated?
Take a look at the TSA, that would be the calibre of "enforcers" for Big Brother....I'm not worried.

I don't believe that the ineptitude and impotence of our legislative branch indicates similar traits within the intelligence community.

As an explicit and recent example of the game changing abilities of our intelligence branch, look up the precision-targeted damage the Stuxnet worm caused on the Iranian nuclear program.

I'm a firm believer that the NSA has current technological capabilities won't even be known to be possible for decades.