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Former DoubleClick Exec Named Privacy Czar

Posted by chrisd on from the no-shame-at-all dept.

tsu doh nimh writes "A former executive for banner ad giant DoubleClick has been selected to be the first ever privacy czar for the Department of Homeland Security, says this Washingtonpost.com story." Just leaves you speechless ....

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  1. Sickening by scovetta · · Score: 0, Troll

    This makes me totally sick. What is the government thinking? There MUST be people out there who can make good decisions? Why aren't they doing anything??? ...and everywhere the ceremony of innocence...

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  2. Orwell must be laughing his ass off.... by maxpublic · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yet another example of the Bush doubleplusgood government in action! Of course this is right in line with an administration that fakes 'popular' Iraqi support of the American 'liberation' of Baghdad yahoo.com.

    Now watch as the Bush apologists leap out of the closet to support his choice, citing her 'community building' with privacy groups and whatnot. Right...as if they couldn't find thousands of more qualified choices who actually work with real, honest-to-god privacy advocacy groups....

    Max

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    1. Re:Orwell must be laughing his ass off.... by RealTimeFreeAgent · · Score: 1, Troll
      Right...as if they couldn't find thousands of more qualified choices who actually work with real, honest-to-god privacy advocacy groups....

      ...whose foam-mouthed zealotry would instantly get him and his office ignored and marginalized in the halls of power, if the parent poster is of any indication.

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  3. time to google his real postal and physical addess by linuxislandsucks · · Score: 0, Troll

    Okay /.ers its time to put our efforts to wkr..

    Lets ee how long it takes to find this guys postal address and physical location..

    Post your results in this thread..

    I bet we wil have it done bofre 3 hours is up..

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  4. Re:No, she sounds like a great choice. by 10am-bedtime · · Score: 1, Troll
    well, you kindly provide refutation in the title of your post: SOUNDS like a great choice. literacy that stops at swallowing PR is almost worse than no literacy at all. try to think critically, eh?

    oh i forgot, land of the consume[rd], home of the marketeers...

    let's just jump to the conclusion while we can still express it publicly. any psychologist versed in modern western culture will tell you: when a woman fronts for a man's dirty work, the perception (of dirt) is lessened. when a man fronts for a woman's dirty work, the perception (of dirt) is enhanced. in this case, the woman is the government corporate (think about it), the man fronting that is the government, and the woman fronting all of that is this "privacy czar".

    another bit of irony: isn't the "drug czar" supposed to "fight drugs"? what does that make the privacy czar? so you see it's very easy to confuse the issue at both the general and specific levels: criminalize the legitimate and legitimize the criminal. in this way the society destroys its honor.

  5. I see this coming ... by DVega · · Score: 0, Troll

    WARNING !!
    Your computer is currently broadcasting personal data. Every time you connect to the Internet, send email or submit a private information to a web site, you are broadcasting private data. With this data, someone can immediately begin tracking your habits. Download Privacy Alert to protect yourself now!...

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  6. criminals in office by Dave_bsr · · Score: 0, Troll

    hrm...wait...clinton isn't president any more?? I don't get it...he had all of the criminals...

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  7. In latest news... by UberGeeb · · Score: 0, Troll

    ... the reanimated corpse of Adolph Hitler has been named as Homeland Security's Human Rights Advocate.