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[Tarran]

If you ever get near them, tell them that the internet people hate them.

[Tellemurius]

If you ever get near them, tell them that the internet people hate them.

I like my body without riddled with holes thank you, though seems to be a interesting place to start my internship and getting my security clearances.

[nenjin]

If you ever get near them, tell them that the internet people hate them.

I like my body without riddled with holes thank you, though seems to be a interesting place to start my internship and getting my security clearances.

Somehow I don't think you start out interning at an agency like the NSA

[Tellemurius]

If you ever get near them, tell them that the internet people hate them.

I like my body without riddled with holes thank you, though seems to be a interesting place to start my internship and getting my security clearances.

Somehow I don't think you start out interning at an agency like the NSA

i've.... got relatives that work in the defense industry (Dept of State, Defense, Private Contractors, we got a history)....

[nenjin]

Sweet. I (don't) look forward to appearing in your background checks. :|

[Tellemurius]

Sweet. I (don't) look forward to appearing in your background checks. :|

lol why, a stack of papers?

[Tarran]

i've.... got relatives that work in the defense industry (Dept of State, Defense, Private Contractors, we got a history)....

If you do sign up for a defense industry, please pick one that doesn't spy on everyone. At the very least not on the internet.

[Aqizzar]

Somehow I don't think you start out interning at an agency like the NSA

I don't know about the NSA, but at any major college in the country you can practically trip over intern-recruiters for the FBI and CIA.  They need a shitload of paperwork processed, and they're perfectly happy trading college credits and an impressive-sounding resume to get it done.

[nenjin]

Sweet. I (don't) look forward to appearing in your background checks. :|

lol why, a stack of papers?

Just one more data point they don't need that they'll have, I suppose.

I don't know about the NSA, but at any major college in the country you can practically trip over intern-recruiters for the FBI and CIA.  They need a shitload of paperwork processed, and they're perfectly happy trading college credits and an impressive-sounding resume to get it done.

These days it seems like the CIA's job is to blow shit up with drones, the NSA's job is to be secret. The FBI is the government equivalent of the Police.

[Tellemurius]

i've.... got relatives that work in the defense industry (Dept of State, Defense, Private Contractors, we got a history)....

If you do sign up for a defense industry, please pick one that doesn't spy on everyone. At the very least not on the internet.

Now you wouldn't be giving me a reason to "look around" here now do yea?
Nah man i'll probably be there for hardware maintenance and cryptology study.

[alway]

Sweet. I (don't) look forward to appearing in your background checks. :|

Everybody say hi for the background checks!

Hi background check people! The bay12 WMDs are certainly not in Tellemurius' closet, so be sure you don't check there!


Anyway; I'm a bit interested in how effective their data centers actually are. Data is really easy to collect in vast quantities, but getting useful info out of it is another question entirely. I'm curious as to whether they are actually able to effectively find information or whether they are merely glorified filing cabinets. It could be anywhere ranging from as interesting as deep analysis of text to find information those creating the text weren't even aware of to boring and mundane shallow keyword searches.

[nenjin]

That's what their "super-fucking-awesome-but-not-quite-as-awesome-as-what-the-Japanese-have" super computer will be for. It will crack codes, while smaller terminals are pulling data out of data streams according to voice idents, keyword searches and targeted retrieval.

In the end though, gathering intel is a pretty broad mission and I suspect their time will be equally split between looking for targeted information....and filing up their filing cabinets with dossiers on the digital life of every American citizen.

[Knight of Fools]

Honestly, folks can look at stuff I do on the Internet and phone all day and I won't care. They would be bored out of their minds. (THIS IS NOT PERMISSION TO DO SO, MR NSA)

"Oh, hey. He's watching that stupid funny cat video on YouTube again."

"Think he'll delete all the messages he got in Facebook today?"

"He hasn't touched Facebook in... Three months, looks like."

"The Internet is safe. Let's call it a day."


In fact, it'd make me feel special if people spied on me. Uncomfortable, sure, but special. (NOT PERMISSION EITHER)

[Trapezohedron]

That's what their "super-fucking-awesome-but-not-quite-as-awesome-as-what-the-Japanese-have" super computer will be for. It will crack codes, while smaller terminals are pulling data out of data streams according to voice idents, keyword searches and targeted retrieval.

In the end though, gathering intel is a pretty broad mission and I suspect their time will be equally split between looking for targeted information....and filing up their filing cabinets with dossiers on the digital life of every American citizen.

Yeah, like watching someone play real life Sims in text form. Not so fun.

[Loud Whispers]

I'm considering sending emails everywhere with terrorist keywords in a nice neat paragraph at the bottom, and at the top, a message on the moral levity on spying on the internet :I

NSA =/= Terrorists