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Tunisian Gov't Spies On Facebook; Does the US?

Posted by timothy on from the bet-you-a-few-lire dept.

jfruhlinger writes "Tunisians logging into Facebook encountered extra JavaScript, probably a sign of their repressive government's attempt to spy on them. The question is: does the US government do the same thing, just more subtly? We're not talking about agents friending you on Facebook to get more information about you; we're talking monitoring your supposedly private information behind the scenes."

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  1. Re:This is why I quit FB... by Mike+Buddha · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Yeah, man, because the government is spying on those private pictures of your cat, just like the Nazis did. Good thinking. Isolate yourself for safety. You know, they could be watching Slashdot, too...

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