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Global spy system ECHELON confirmed at last – by leaked Snowden files

Ian Michael Gumby

Re: Meh.

"Yes, there are people who give up their personal life to corporations, however there is an enormous difference : they do it by their own choice."

No, not always.

You send a friend an email to his gmail account. Now Google has you on their radar.

Facebook? A friend posts a photo of you and your face gets tagged. Now Facebook starts to track you even though you don't have an account. Don't disable scripts on the webpage and they embed a facebook script... they now track you, just like google.

As to the government... they have a duty to protect you. And you could always move away...

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