On Wed, Mar 4, 2015, at 07:01 AM, Ben Tasker wrote: > > Just because certain government agencies, such as the U.S. State > > Department that supply funding for Tor to help protect dissidents, does > > not mean everyone affiliated with the U.S. government approve of this > > Tor project. > > That is almost certainly true, there will be those who frown on Tor for a > variety of reasons > > > When referring to "corrupt government officials", this includes a > > handful who are abusing the NSA's Internet, phone, and email monitoring > > PRISM program for their own personal profit and gain. This includes News > > Corp and 21st Century Fox. > > If true, that'd mean that some of Fox News' output is based on fact? > Shaken > to my core :) > > Seriously though, as others have pointed out, the Government has much > cheaper, much more effective ways of silencing opponents. Methods that > are > used to great effect in many other countries. > > I don't doubt that someone somewhere in an agency has probably looked at > whether advertising can be subverted, though I suspect it's far more > likely > that they were interested in payload delivery and not attempts at mind > control. > > > > On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 12:15 AM, Travis Biehn <[email protected]> wrote: > > > TAO.. Tailored Advertising Operations!! Got it. :) > > > > -Travis > > On Mar 3, 2015 7:11 PM, "Travis Bean" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On 03/03/2015 02:51 PM, z9wahqvh wrote: > > > > if the corrupt Gestapo government is so opposed to Tor, why do it and > > its > > > > subsidiary agencies provide (and have provided for all of its history) > > > > between 50 and 80% of the project's entire funding, a pattern which > > > > continues to this day? > > > > > > > > > > Just because certain government agencies, such as the U.S. State > > > Department that supply funding for Tor to help protect dissidents, does > > > not mean everyone affiliated with the U.S. government approve of this > > > Tor project. > > > > > > When referring to "corrupt government officials", this includes a > > > handful who are abusing the NSA's Internet, phone, and email monitoring > > > PRISM program for their own personal profit and gain. This includes News > > > Corp and 21st Century Fox. This abuse of power goes one step beyond > > > using the NSA's PRISM program for unlawful, tailored advertising. > > > Even cheaper than that- when the House of (corporate) Representatives has a bill before it to fund or reduce funding for the DHS then the entire world is flooded with the idiotic "what color is this dress" distraction. What a strange coincidence.
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