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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs the NSA forcing the DU to shut down so they can add tracking devices to track us?
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Is the NSA forcing the DU to shut down so they can add tracking devices to track us? (Original Post)
Logical
Dec 2015
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cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)1. This Citizen Had A Similar Thought
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jberryhill
(62,444 posts)2. I hope so
tammywammy
(26,582 posts)3. They're installing a buzzard. n/t
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)4. Why yes.
rjsquirrel
(4,762 posts)5. Lol you have such a device already
You carry it everywhere. You never turn it off. It knows and reports where you are and renders your entire communications history searchable and archivable.
Thanks Steve Jobs!
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)6. Hi, Agent Mike!
sorefeet
(1,241 posts)7. I'm pretty easy
I'll be sitting here in my living room. I don't own a device that I take with me that would track.
Does Trump want a wall to keep aliens out or us in??
ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)8. Pretty sure that was done way back in 2002. nt
Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)9. I doubt it since the nsa can track activity on the network level.
Forcing DU to give an agency a backdoor to server logs sounds like FBI.
Either way, even if it's not the case it's naive to think the Feds are not monitoring one of the leading political discussion sites in the US. They like doing desk work.