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Orwellian: Facebook Users’ Political Sentiments & Private Messages Now Analyzed by Facebook & Politico

| January 17, 2012

  Facebook users, if you haven’t read George Orwell’s futuristic novel 1984, now may be a good time. While this data mining of Facebook and sharing with Politico (why on earth Politico?) may seem innocuous at first glance, this is only the beginning. And no permission by users has to be granted. Have no expectations [...]

Approved Government Wiretaps Increased by 34% in 2010 — Hopenchange Just Keeps Getting Better & Better

| July 9, 2011

  Liberals screamed bloody murder about when Pres. George W. Bush signed the US PATRIOT Act 44 days after the devastating Islamic jihad jet-plane attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, the bloody annihilation of nearly 3,000 innocent people. Not one of them is screaming now, despite a new [...]

Orwellian iPhones Secretly Keeping Track of Where Owners Go, Unbeknownst to Owners… Data Could Be Used by Anyone Who Finds or Steals iPhone

| April 21, 2011

Don’t expect any privacy if you have an Apple iPhone. It’s been keeping track of where you go and you likely weren’t even aware of it. If your phone is lost or stolen, simple software can release the data, which can be used by anyone to track all your movements — burglars, private detectives, law [...]

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