Comments on: NSASpace http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/12/nsaspace/ public domain playground. friendly entities welcome. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:06:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: alistair http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/12/nsaspace/comment-page-1/#comment-12934 alistair Sat, 13 May 2006 02:27:00 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/12/nsaspace/#comment-12934 who we associate with is the network. it is the media. the ground of our behaviour. the content of any media is immaterial. from a marshall mcluhan standpoint at least, and i tend to agree with him. which companies are bigger, content providers or network and delivery system providers? who we associate with is the network. it is the media. the ground of our behaviour. the content of any media is immaterial. from a marshall mcluhan standpoint at least, and i tend to agree with him. which companies are bigger, content providers or network and delivery system providers?

]]> By: Tim Boucher http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/12/nsaspace/comment-page-1/#comment-12925 Tim Boucher Fri, 12 May 2006 23:02:23 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/12/nsaspace/#comment-12925 And a nice article showing that simple computer problems can even screw up big evil government operations: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/custom/attack/bal-te.nsa26feb26,0,6311175.story And a nice article showing that simple computer problems can even screw up big evil government operations:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/custo...ack/bal-te.nsa26feb26,0,6311175.story

]]> By: slomo http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/12/nsaspace/comment-page-1/#comment-12923 slomo Fri, 12 May 2006 22:32:10 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/12/nsaspace/#comment-12923 From the moment I heard the recent news about NSA I assumed it was a social-networking app. Lots of online people I admire are getting hysterical about the NSA "spying on Americans!!" I don't think that <em>individuals</em> have much to worry about, for the moment (except possibly prominent politicians or business leaders whose private phone calls may provide immediately actionable bits of data). Right now, I'm guessing they're just trying to mine the data to see what patterns emerge. Later, though, they'll apply their insights. And then we'll really be fucked. From the moment I heard the recent news about NSA I assumed it was a social-networking app. Lots of online people I admire are getting hysterical about the NSA “spying on Americans!!” I don’t think that individuals have much to worry about, for the moment (except possibly prominent politicians or business leaders whose private phone calls may provide immediately actionable bits of data). Right now, I’m guessing they’re just trying to mine the data to see what patterns emerge.

Later, though, they’ll apply their insights. And then we’ll really be fucked.

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