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0 pointshax0ron32y ago0 comments

Such as what? And is it worth the downsides of mass surveillance?

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You can read their website and find out, they address some things you mentioned in the first few lines:

https://www.nsa.gov/Cybersecurity/Overview/

Whether or not that justifies mass surveillance is a different question. I don’t think so. The NSA is a really, really big place. You could work there for a lifetime and not engage in illegal surveillance. I think getting rid of the bad parts shouldn’t require us to get rid of the good as well.

hax0ron3OP2y ago

Yep, I agree with that last sentence. The only thing on that list that I think has to do with a significant national security threat is the nuclear command and control systems part. And we could have that without the mass surveillance.

wubrr2y ago

One of the big Snowden revelations was that NSA can literally do whatever they want without needing any kind of government or public approval. There is zero transparency and accountability.

subjectsigma2y ago

I know you’re being facetious when you say “literally whatever they want” but that’s not true even in jest. Congress approves their budget, they have to justify it like every other part of the government. I think the NSA should have less power and more accountability, but they’re not dictators.

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subjectsigma2y ago

You can read their website and find out, they address some things you mentioned in the first few lines:

https://www.nsa.gov/Cybersecurity/Overview/

hax0ron3OP2y ago

wubrr2y ago

One of the big Snowden revelations was that NSA can literally do whatever they want without needing any kind of government or public approval. There is zero transparency and accountability.

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