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dickthegrouch

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5. It's so easy to overwhelm the good info with bad

Reply to NYC_SKP (Original post)

Mon Aug 5, 2013, 01:22 PM

Aug 2013

If every person of real interest to the NSA and its hangers-on made 5 phone calls or e-mails a day to complete strangers, the system would be utterly overwhelmed in days.

The NSA has to have far better spam filters than my ISP, otherwise the sheer volume of sex spam would overwhelm the system. And the email accounts that send the spam are extraordinarily short-lived; just as a terrorist would want them to be.

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ACLU story: "You May Have 'Nothing to Hide' But You Still Have Something to Fear" [View all] NYC_SKP Aug 2013 OP

The big one to me is what if what they collect about you is WRONG. Gregorian Aug 2013 #1

+ 1,000 cantbeserious Aug 2013 #2

You would lose your job, your house, your assets, your sanity. NYC_SKP Aug 2013 #4

Why isn't this technology ever used against real criminals? reusrename Aug 2013 #3

It's so easy to overwhelm the good info with bad dickthegrouch Aug 2013 #5

K & R !!! WillyT Aug 2013 #6

Thanks, WillyT! NYC_SKP Aug 2013 #7

Anytime... WillyT Aug 2013 #8

In general, I trust the U.S system... shockedcanadian Aug 2013 #9