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struggle4progress

(118,379 posts) Wed Jul 10, 2013, 08:14 AM Jul 2013

How concerned are you about being spied on? [View all]

8 votes, 2 passes \| Time left: Unlimited
	I'm already using carrier pigeons instead of USPS, and I'm planning to drop my internet and phone service
	0 (0%)
	Stopped takin pictures of my gorgeous nekkidness on the office copier cuz the NSA might could be watchin
	0 (0%)
	I wrote a letter to the editor and called my Senator about it
	0 (0%)
	All my recent Facebook posts encourage people to vote for a third party
	0 (0%)
	My Sweet Snookums and I now carry out all our intimate communications using one-time pads
	2 (25%)
	Folk who try to hack my home computer all catch a lovely virus that overwrites their OS with countless goatse gifs :)
	1 (13%)
	Meh. Just encode all your emails with a simple unbreakable substitution cipher
	0 (0%)
	I've been contacting various embassies to see what asylum packages they offer
	0 (0%)
	My phone has been buzzing and clicking since 1968. Shizz, the very first year of my FBI file runs 5000 pages
	4 (50%)
	It's too late. Democracy in the US ended with the Roswell crash coverup
	1 (13%)
	2 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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How concerned are you about being spied on? [View all] struggle4progress Jul 2013 OP

Post removed Post removed Jul 2013 #1

I assume that means you haven't bothered contacting congress with your concerns, and struggle4progress Jul 2013 #2

i assume you failed logic HiPointDem Jul 2013 #3

an yeah, it's a petty little poll, no point to it except to mock. HiPointDem Jul 2013 #4

clearly. critical thinking, it's just not a required skill. cali Jul 2013 #5

Actually, I've taught logic. What sort do you prefer? struggle4progress Jul 2013 #8

lol. I have no idea what you're talking about with your show-offy stuff but cali Jul 2013 #18

Well, let's try a different tack into the wind. Here is a cluster of questions: struggle4progress Jul 2013 #21

I'm glad to address those. Most people should worry about about it because they do have cali Jul 2013 #27

doh BenzoDia Jul 2013 #26

didn't say any such thing. I commented on what I thought of your cute little piece cali Jul 2013 #6

Ditto - because the right to privacy and trust in government are HardTimes99 Jul 2013 #48

If anyone is spying on me they're going backwards madokie Jul 2013 #7

The real concern, I think, is not that most people have anything to fear, but that people struggle4progress Jul 2013 #9

Not just them Aerows Jul 2013 #15

That's the J Edgar Hoover model for an intelligence empire: collect dirt on people struggle4progress Jul 2013 #17

Which is why it needs oversight Aerows Jul 2013 #71

I honestly doubt it treestar Jul 2013 #39

May be it's used Go Vols Jul 2013 #54

You tried too hard to be funny. Humor fail. Demit Jul 2013 #10

I love how Aerows Jul 2013 #11

+1. Add to that the dampening of speech. cali Jul 2013 #20

Absolutely. I'm confused & concerned why folks can't see this danger. nt snappyturtle Jul 2013 #37

+1 I think most of us get that. Quantess Jul 2013 #69

History Tidbit... KharmaTrain Jul 2013 #12

... While in Germany, Charles and Anne attended the Summer Olympic games as the special guests struggle4progress Jul 2013 #16

As my dear departed Jewish mother used to say: mountain grammy Jul 2013 #29

Wow, sort of was used against a political dissident but then treestar Jul 2013 #55

All they will find is.. HipChick Jul 2013 #13

In your philosophy, faith or political outlook, is it always just about you and not about others? Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #24

They have been collecting for sometime...so apparently America has been asleep since 2006 HipChick Jul 2013 #25

They're collecting so much data on so many people... Ian David Jul 2013 #14

So Bitter OP and Snarky respondants, can we assume you are all fine with all 'spying' on Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #19

It's not clear to me exactly how pedophile government bureaucrats are going to target struggle4progress Jul 2013 #23

Did you read your Poll? It does not mention 'metadata' it asks about 'spying' and proceeds to Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #28

I await your response. You claim it is cool to spy on anyone, anytime, in anyway. Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #30

They might think I'm a hermit. dipsydoodle Jul 2013 #22

I am more concerned about people that thinks it OK. n/t Bonhomme Richard Jul 2013 #31

Yes, that is a real and oft ignored concern. Me too. cali Jul 2013 #33

If the policy lacked defenders would we even be...... Bonhomme Richard Jul 2013 #40

+1. n/t winter is coming Jul 2013 #53

Maybe the only appropriate response to some of the post... Bonhomme Richard Jul 2013 #58

But Jon wasn't willfully ignorant. n/t winter is coming Jul 2013 #59

Very concerned. I'm also very concerned about the enormous number of obvious paid propagandists, Zorra Jul 2013 #32

Well, that sounds like an issue you should take up with the Ruler of the Internet struggle4progress Jul 2013 #35

The integrity of the internet for progressive change treestar Jul 2013 #57

About as much as our government is concerned about someone spying on them The Straight Story Jul 2013 #34

stupid poll --UnRecccccccc--yeccch puke marions ghost Jul 2013 #36

+1 snappyturtle Jul 2013 #41

+++ marions ghost Jul 2013 #66

Here's a link I'm going to post everywhere I can. A 1 hr. 22 min interview (podcast) snappyturtle Jul 2013 #68

thank you marions ghost Jul 2013 #70

Hilarious treestar Jul 2013 #38

I might have cared in my younger days, but now Faux pas Jul 2013 #42

You might want to re-read Orwell's 1984 (or, to be truly terrified, watch HardTimes99 Jul 2013 #50

I like the way your wife's mind works Faux pas Jul 2013 #61

if it's all about you, why should you care about 'bigotry, the poor, & women's rights'? HiPointDem Jul 2013 #60

Huh? Faux pas Jul 2013 #63

Information is a powerful thing Major Nikon Jul 2013 #43

Ooooh, let's make a joke out of government spying. Apophis Jul 2013 #44

OK Major Nikon Jul 2013 #45

The OP may be joking but I'm ready to move to Venezuela. TBF Jul 2013 #46

History will remember you all as tools whatchamacallit Jul 2013 #47

I tried to make it as a tool... Major Nikon Jul 2013 #67

I am concerned not for me but for everyone else on the planet olddots Jul 2013 #49

I didn't pick any of the choices. Just Saying Jul 2013 #51

don't care about ME being spied on. do care about congressmen, fisa judges, etc alc Jul 2013 #52

I don't like any of your sarcastic, facetious, snarky options. Quantess Jul 2013 #56

I wrote for my files flamingdem Jul 2013 #62

you won't get your 'metadata' with an foia, i don't think. convenient, that. it's how to spy HiPointDem Jul 2013 #64

k and r animato Jul 2013 #65

Not half as concerned as I am about so-called "liberals" clicking their heels kenny blankenship Jul 2013 #72