NSA App Ideas To Popularize Spying and Big Data

Posted by timothy on Sunday October 20, 2013 @03:02PM from the please-don't dept.

reifman writes "Perhaps the reason the NSA's surveillance programs are so unpopular with Americans is that we haven't seen any of the potential consumer benefits that spying and big data can provide. Here are ten ideas for the productization and monetization of the NSA's spying infrastructure to inspire Americans to consider the bright side of the dark arts." In case anyone doesn't notice, these suggestions (at least most of them) are presented tongue-in-cheek; a truly secure email system, though, is another story.

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Really dude? by Okian+Warrior · 2013-10-20 17:14 · Score: 5, Interesting

I know this is satire, but fuck you
Dude, really?
Check out John Cleese's lecture on creativity.
Then tell me if you're one of the people who believe in absolute solemnity for certain subjects, that they cannot be joked about in any way.
By way of illustration, here's a parody of torture.