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Wow. That's a mighty impression tin foil hat you wear.

I'm sure the government can already tie people's names to their browsing history (including youtube) via the dns lookups and project echelon. I doubt they'd need anyone's assistance beyond the isp wiretaps, which they already have, for something as simple as this.



ok, what I said was based on something I heard Julian Assange said in an interview from about a year ago. Apparently he hasn't given any proof for his statement (namely, that Facebook has an interface for government intelligence to use). I tend to believe what Assange has to say, but who knows.




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