Yahoo webcam images from millions of users intercepted by GCHQ
• Optic Nerve program collected Yahoo webcam images in bulk
• 1.8m users targeted by UK agency in six-month period alone
• Yahoo: 'A whole new level of violation of our users' privacy'
• Material included large quantity of sexually explicit images
The privacy and surveillance narrative in the over the past decade has gradually escalated, from "this could become possible under new legislation" to "there are programs in place which might be doing this," culminating in recent examples such as the above in which we conclusively know that a middle aged analyst with good benefits is being paid to drink tea as they calmly document how frequently you get naked over the internet.
I almost wrote more here attempting to discuss whether this could serve as a tipping point in which discursive avoidance tactics dissolve and the population is forced to actually confront the reality of the intrusive surveillance state, but then I remembered that we reconciled with that long ago and everyone is socially invested in just pretending to care instead of actually defending human dignity. So instead I'm going to listen to Judas Priest.
edit: i am dumb as shit and still can't make posts work on this fucking website
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quel horreur
guidoanselmi posted:also why do we care. look at all these people who have put their personal photos for all to see: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3610276 . we all secretly seek this validation, what better than a faceless government entity to give it
And on the first page
shriekingviolet posted:what kind of avatar should I get. no cruel jokes please, unless they are sufficiently funny as to be necessary.
a nice flower that isn't a violet (freak the squares)
gyrofry posted:photorealistic swastika made of severed dicks
think i've got one of those chillin in the ole deep freeze...
goats_ebooks posted:
quel horreur
sure, but how many contain desirable images?