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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. Of course not! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Amendment IV - The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

  2. supposedly private information ? by icebike · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Clue:

    If it were private, your information wouldn't be on facebook in the first place.

    Have you been off planet for the last year or two?

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  3. echelon by cluthu · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It should be assumed that any information you post on a system that doesn't belong to you (and even some that do...) is being peered at by someone that wants to put their nose where it doesn't belong.

    We used to live in a society where a comment like 'Oh, but why would they look at you if you're unimportant?' would have been valid, but with the ever-encroaching nemesis of data mining and algorithmic analysis making itself part of our daily lives you have to assume that, at any moment, every transaction you make is being scrutinized.

  4. Here's your answer by sajuuk · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do mammals of the family Ursidae deposit fecal matter in areas of arboreal vegitation?

  5. Re:Alternate Headline by JustOK · · Score: 5, Funny

    Alternate Headline: Tunisian Gov't Spies on Facebook; Does Spain?

    only if the US tells them to.

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  6. Yakima data center by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The Yakima NSA listening post has been under expansion for years. Google hid work on the center by removing the huge dirt piles from their history in ~2005 A fire inspector leaked that the center was over 40 stories underground, this is before the expansion. The complaint from the Yakima tribe about dirt dumped on their land has also been deleted,

  7. Re:https://www.facebook.com by ntk · · Score: 5, Informative

    Tunisia was blocking https connections to www.facebook.com.