NSA Group Has Been Embedding Spyware In Hard Drive Firmware

gigahurtz Premium join:2001-10-20 Palm Coast, FL Reviews: ·Bright House 1 recommendation	RIP Privacy We walk a very thin line with protecting our privacy and protecting our country from terrorist attacks. I have nothing to hide so this doesn't comcern me as much, but it's likely because my expectation if privacy has been diminished since 9/11. The terrorists keep on winning whether we like it or not.

	Re: RIP Privacy It's modern day domestic surveillance. Unfortunately the terrorists have proven to be more sophisticated than us.

SysOp join:2001-04-18 Douglasville, GA Reviews: ·MetroPCS 4 edits 5 recommendations

I don't accept violations of the USA Constitution in the name of national security! The alleged NSA Group doing this no longer serves the citizens and in essence is committing treason. This is worse than any act of terrorism. If we rise up and fight against this with everything we have; we become the terrorist. But we can fight this without violence! Simply stop paying taxes. Everyone. Stop paying taxes right now. Perhaps the solution is going back to family farming, living off the land, and being part of a self sustaining community. Did you know ISIS levies taxes and even sells gasoline and electricity? In the land they control, they've set up what they call an Islamic state and now they're busy making the money they need to fund their self. »http://ift.tt/1E3KLeb ··· -agenda/ -- I block anonymous post.

Morfein Lead Peon Premium join:2004-09-08 Brownsburg, IN

Re: RIP Privacy said by SysOp: I don't accept violations of the USA Constitution in the name of national security! I wish their were more like minded individuals like this. Our constitution has been trampled by both parties. It goes against the very fabric this nation was founded upon. If it wasn't for the general population being so ignorant of what goes on in our government, we may be able to stop this. Till that point of some type of uprising and demonstrations against it, I see none of it changing.

Boricua Premium join:2002-01-26 Sacramuerto	Re: RIP Privacy said by Morfein: Till that point of some type of uprising and demonstrations against it... But there were a mini uprising, OWS (occupy wall street) and look at what happen . -- Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian. Robert Orben

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Re: RIP Privacy Yes look what happened...the controlled media only focused on the most fringe groups in that movement, ignored large protests, and created the "dirty hippie" tag line. Then most of the population, including those who want change, decided it was a marginal group and jumped on the band wagon to persecute them instead of supporting and joining the efforts. The media is the strongest deterrent and they use it well.

Re: RIP Privacy +1. It is funny how both the Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party movement, both of which had legitimate points from different sides of the political spectrum, were both manipulated by the powers that be to not only be pitted against one another, but also driven to irrelevance. Could you imagine what would've happened had the two movements united under a common banner of "vote out the incumbents"? No wonder the groups got shut down before they could go any farther. Now both movements have become their media caricatures.

n2jtx join:2001-01-13 Glen Head, NY

said by Morfein: I wish their were more like minded individuals like this. Our constitution has been trampled by both parties I didn't even think it was in force any longer. Not only have the political parties pretty much destroyed it but the SCOTUS has done a wonderful job of twisting it into something not worth much more than a roll of toilet paper. Unfortunately, "we the people" go along with it because there are very few of us who embrace the Constitution as a whole. You have "progressives" who love the Constitution yet want the Second Amendment shut down. You have "conservatives" who love the Constitution but would like to strike the First Amendment down and establish a Christian theocracy. And you have groups from both parties who would trample the Fourth Amendment through the PATRIOT act in the name of National Security. In a way, it all makes me happy we are not immortal beings. The thought of being stuck here for eternity looks more dismal every day. -- I support the right to keep and arm bears.

	Terrorist only win if you change your life because you fear them. I personally think the TSA and NSA should go away. They do not provide nearly the "protection" they claim they do for the amount of liberties they have taken away. I have not changed my life (what I can control), nor will I because of them.

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I use Kaspersky. It's all a matter of choice. I trust Vladimir Putin (Kaspersky) with my computer over President Obama (Norton), President Xi Jinping (Kingsoft), Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka (AVG), Prime Minister David Cameron (Comodo), Chancellor Angela Merkel (Avira), President Klaus Iohannis (Bitdefender), Prime Minister Alexander Stubb (F-Secure), Prime Minister Robert Fico (ESET Nod32), Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (Trend Micro), or Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt (Bullguard). Not that I am saying anything better about these other world leaders but President Putin has done a good job protecting my computer for years. And as he can attest since he always reads my email I have the utmost respect for him.

1 recommendation	Dammit The NSA should have powerful tools to find things. However it should be used WHEN there is probably cause, not just on by default. It seems that the 4th Admendment doesn't apply to the NSA and that's just not right.

SysOp join:2001-04-18 Douglasville, GA Reviews: ·MetroPCS 4 edits 1 recommendation

Re: Dammit Plausible deniability. The Equation Group claims responsibility so that the NSA can operate with impunity. In an exhaustive report published Monday at the Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit here, researchers stopped short of saying Equation Group was the handiwork of the NSA—but they provided detailed evidence that strongly implicates the US spy agency. »http://ift.tt/1E3KIin ··· at-last/ -- I block anonymous post.

-1 recommendation	Police state So i guess that idea of making the usa a police state wasnt so far fetched as the crazies were making it out to be?

Reviews: ·Hargray Cable	SkyNet is fully functional Is it self-aware???? How would we know if it was???? All this NSA stuff will be abused, over time the government agencies will go over board they always do. The original wiretapping laws weren't designed to let criminals go, they were designed to keep the politicians from doing each other in.

IowaCowboy Iowa native Premium join:2010-10-16 Springfield, MA kudos:1 Reviews: ·Verizon Broadban.. ·Comcast

Privacy vs security There is the privacy vs security debate. With National Security at risk I'd be willing to sacrifice SOME privacy for security but this goes too far. Having my bags searched at the airport and a pat down search before being allowed to board a plane is one thing, government acting as a peeping tom in my computer is unacceptable. What's next, NSA watching the cameras on our phones. Time to mandate that the NSA obey the constitution and obey the rights of law abiding citizens. Homeland security has its budget up for renewal, they could tie the NSA's funding to respecting the constitutional rights of law abiding citizens. -- Xfinity X1 Awesome Product Comcast: Buy out the Iowa cable market from Mediacom so my friends can experience X1

firephoto We the people Premium join:2003-03-18 Brewster, WA

Remember when... ... that annoying hdd led that always blinked when your computer was doing nothing but would stop the instant you started to do something like investigate why it was blinking? How about the little chirpy bird in your seagate hdd? Does the NSA like chirpy birds? How about those manufacturer firmware issues that needed new downloads and and special software to boot and fix your drive before it died? SMART tools that newer drives got so some software can monitor what the drive has been doing? We trusted for decades the little dumb storage device spinning in a box but that dumb device got smarter. Do you really want features on your basic needs? Bells and whistles? New technology? "You knew this new hardware had advanced 'monitoring' software, we can't control what nefarious people might do with it, our intentions are for our customers to have access to more data to better understand their needs as it relates to the way the hardware is used..." "oh shiny, it must be better" -- Say no to those that 'inadvertently make false representations'.

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