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In reply to the discussion: Whoop, There It Is... 'Evidence Homeland Security Coordinated Occupy Crackdown' - CounterPunch [View all]SwampG8r
(10,287 posts)54. pardon my intrusion but
do you feel that the new trend amongst employers and higher education to monitor the online postings of employees or faculty and students to be like wiretapping? i mean when it is a condition of employment or enrollment and they have the option of giving the info or going elsewhere
i know that they are public sites but the mining for information going on makes me kind of...nervous? maybe uneasy is more apt
i have all my settings set to private but i can see how a lot of info can be freely gathered without leaving the public bandwidth.
i keep my online footprint tiny because of it.
i am not responding to any of the previous posts except this one about public websites.
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Whoop, There It Is... 'Evidence Homeland Security Coordinated Occupy Crackdown' - CounterPunch [View all]
WillyT
Mar 2012
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Logic FAIL. They allege a national crackdown coordinated by the DHS, but then when
geek tragedy
Mar 2012
#18
For The Record... I Didn't Say The Obama Administration Was Coordinating This... You Did...
WillyT
Mar 2012
#28
Maybe The Fact That The Documents Had Many Redactions, And That They Were Steered Away From...
WillyT
Mar 2012
#30
Have you ever seen a FOIA production? They always have redactions--names, phone numbers, etc.
geek tragedy
Mar 2012
#33
Well Hallelujah !!! - So Which One Holds The Secrets Of A "Nationwide Conspiracy" ???
WillyT
Mar 2012
#35
Oh Damn... You're Right... She Was On The Phone With PERF... Which Coordinates With DHS...
WillyT
Mar 2012
#46
Twitter: public broadcast on the web. Email: private, need a search warrant.
geek tragedy
Mar 2012
#27
Just like Twitter. Completely not private. Especially if you set the settings
geek tragedy
Mar 2012
#39
There is no separation of church and state when the object of worship is Mammon.
Octafish
Mar 2012
#3
The Freepers called, they want their Black Helicopters paranoid fantasy back. nt
geek tragedy
Mar 2012
#21