So then you agree that while the US deserves all of the condemnation it's getting for espionage, that maybe it's time we Canadians to turn our criticism to our own country too?
Oh, you got it wrong..
The USA and Canada should continue on spying.. who cares.. unless you have something to hide, just quit picking on Snowden..
Is he really telling the public anything we really didn't already suspect or think was happening?? Nothing he has stated is new news..
Data mining is done by everyone, every company..
If you speak on a cell phone, or send an email.. none of that is private.. none.
If you think you have deleted an email, or phone message, it's still on some server in cyberspace.
What pisses me off about the USA is they are calling this guy Snowden a Traitor for bringing to the attention of the public.. for focusing a light on the NSA. But it has been going on for decades, just getting more sophisticated.
Do I necessarily agree with the US Government spending billions on a new server farm in Utah when so many people are out of work.. not really..
Hacking.. took me 2 seconds to find this link for you.. this "school" (The College of Engineering - The University of Alabama) should drop a simple blank index.html page into this cgi-bin folder to hide the scripts..
Index of /~droberts/cgi-bin/axs
Now click the ax-admin.cgi file and you can see all their visitors, IP's and/or delete their database.. open to the public.
Sloppy, they can simply add a username and password in the script:
my $Username = 'your username here';
my $Password = 'your password here';
The problem with the Internet is people think it's safe or all your information is somehow secure.. nothing is.
OH yeah, I sent a link to the Dean to secure his visitors info already and a link to this post..
ckarr@eng.ua.edu
(this is a harmless example)
There are insecure databases of Social Insurance numbers, birth dates and names on the Internet.. maybe some of your info, and with Identity theft on the rise... guess what?!!
