FBI brands internet privacy as terrorism.

[Biodeamon]

Terrorim causes pyshical harm and death. Piracy only cuts a few dollars from the fat cats already humungous wallet.

Also i'm pretty sure that piracy is a religion in sweeden because all knowledge is holy to them. If the FBI brands them as terrorists we could be looking at another "holy war"

It's PRIVACY not PIRACY. Got a little mixed up there.

wait, wuh?

okay them declaring piracy terrorism but privacy? the one thing standing between a police state and noraml gouverment is privacy...seems a bit extreme even for them...however i do see that they could be thinking that people who keep themsleves too much might be hiding something...but at worse it's probably a really bad porn habit not plans to a bomb or anything...

 

[LilithSlave]

So, remind me of why the United States is "the best country in the world" like so many people insist, again?

It's PRIVACY not PIRACY. Got a little mixed up there.

What's sad, is that neither of these would be suprising to hear.

 

[Tsunimo]

I swear I am leaving this forsaken country to second I'm able to.
Maybe then I can just laugh at a distance while the county swallows itself into a super condensed block of stupid.

 

[TheTurtleMan]

You know the only reason that you should be freaked out about the FBI was going through your computer is if you're actually involved in illegal activity. Also, them announcing this to the world isn't going to change a damn thing. Don't board up the windows to your house too soon, at least wait for the end of 2012.

 

[Kvaedi]

OH NO! I used private browsing, it's a good thing there wasn't recently an act passed that lets the government arrest citizens accused of terrorism without reason or....oh wait!

Well, when I get executed by CIA operatives for putting a password on some zipped files so my brother couldn't screw with them, I'll at least be happy knowing we are in safe, certainly non-malicious hands!

I mean, I am obviously being overdramatic, but really, this scares me half to death. What next?

 

[sketch_zeppelin]

The best part is that even though SOPA was shot down, the FBI seem to be going ahead with it. Torrent and Share sites are vanishing or being charged. I won't be surprised if sites like deviant art or the escapist are mysteriously shut down with out any explination.

This could simpley be paranoid speculation but i'm just calling it like i see it.

 

[minimacker]

Next week : FBI declares two thirds of US internet users to be terrorists, mass-arrests are in progress.

 

[oktalist]

Looks like something you could read in one of the books in UNATCO HQ.

 

[CarlMin]

FBI seems to think that the only reason why people would value their Internet privacy is because they have something to hide. But just because people have something they'd rather not share with just anybody doesn't mean that it's something illegal.

To say that this kind of reasoning is indicative of the American government would be wrong, however. This anti-Piracy sentimentality is coming from many other directions, including Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook and also Google has many times shown an obvious disrespect for people's right to privacy. This concerns me way more. I don't think FBI knew what they were doing, but these people certainly do.

 

[soulfire130]

This is acually nothing new. Instead of terrorist it used to be communist.

Also, do know that on the botton of the flyer it does say that these actions alone does not mean that someone is a terrorist, albiet it is in small print and hard to read if it was not zoom in.

 

[Android2137]

...They haven't considered the possibility that the person in question is looking at porn? Privacy is bad now? Should I shower in public?

 

[TheTurtleMan]

You know the only reason that you should be freaked out about the FBI was going through your computer is if you're actually involved in illegal activity.

Bullshit. The FBI has been employed to enforce Christian morals and the private interests of certain bribe-paying industries.

For instance your tax money is being used to let FBI agents surf looking for BDSM porn. If they find something their tender Christian ultra-conservative sensitivies can't stand, they'll accuse it of money laundering for Al Qaida and forbid credit companies doing business with it.

http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2005/09/5346.ars

For instance they destroyed a website called Insex was destroyed in that way for being a succesfull business. Well, destroyed... They moved their hosting to another country, transfered their activities to a new company outside the US, and they're still in business to this day.

So if you wonder where your tax dollars are going: it's to make sure that horrid criminals such as people who are kinky, or share music are punished, while child abusers, murderers and true spreaders of hatespeech go unpunished.

If by enforcing christian morals you mean taking down porn including "beastiality, defication, and urination" then yes, very strict christians. If this really had to do with Christianity then wouldn't they take down ALL porn? I'm saying I endorse what the FBI wastes money on, it's just that it's not the end of all freedom and liberty. Also, how is the FBI letting child abusers, murderers, and true "spreaders of hatespeech" go unpunished?

 

[samaugsch]

The title and what was actually said in the article seem to be a little different from my perspective. What the FBI actually said was that anyone who kept a great deal of information about themselves COULD be a terrorist. It's not that they believe that it automatically makes you a terrorist, but that it's something that shouldn't be taken lightly. Obviously, if you tried to get someone (who you couldn't get too much information from) arrested for being a terrorist, it can get you into a load of trouble if you don't have enough evidence to make it conclusive. Then again, I keep a lot of information about me private to protect myself from potential predators from the Internet. Maybe the reason some people seem upset about it is that the FBI basically said that one way that people try to protect themselves from terrorists can incorrectly get those people marked as terrorists themselves, so there's a sense of irony in the whole situation.

 

[Racecarlock]

Guys, I think we're being invaded by bizarro world. Arm yourselves lest your evil twin burst in the door at any moment.

 

[Vuliev]

I...words can't describe my reaction to this. Seriously, the US government does some stupid shit, but christ this is asinine. Like, I don't...I...

Sigh.


EDIT: Wow, that pic is a lot bigger than I thought it was. Shows the magnitude of my reaction, I suppose. XP

 

[Vuliev]

double post, sigh.

 

[Comando96]

FBI solution to get people to give them power. Call offenders terrorists, Media ignores them and FBI can tred on everyone they want to.

What will it take so people wake the fuck up about what th FBI is doing... Calling Creationists terrorists? Because that would be a lot more funny than this.