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Roland99
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Mon May-02-11 11:32 AM Original message |
Julian Assange: Facebook Is 'Appalling Spy Machine' (w/VIDEO) |
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onehandle
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Mon May-02-11 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
1. They're as bad as Google. nt |
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Sherman A1
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Mon May-02-11 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
2. So when I |
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Roland99
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Mon May-02-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. From the article: "When they add their friends to Facebook...they are doing free work for US intel.. |
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Mojorabbit
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Mon May-02-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
40. Ihave friends around the world |
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Roland99
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Mon May-02-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. ha...would make for some interesting 'investigations' |
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readmoreoften
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Mon May-02-11 10:06 PM Response to Reply #40 |
71. You probably are of no interest. But those of us who are activists are of interest. |
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Mojorabbit
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Tue May-03-11 03:11 AM Response to Reply #71 |
82. Well |
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FiveGoodMen
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Mon May-02-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. "To the best of your knowledge, is anyone you know a communist or sympathizer?" |
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Occulus
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Mon May-02-11 02:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. That's what should disturb us all. |
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JackRiddler
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Mon May-02-11 05:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
45. You should ask yourself how Facebook makes money. |
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Sherman A1
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Mon May-02-11 06:47 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. I fully understand how it works and if they |
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JackRiddler
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Mon May-02-11 07:07 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. And what if they can also figure out your credit score, address, bank... |
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Quantess
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Mon May-02-11 08:23 PM Response to Reply #49 |
66. They can't get any of that through facebook, unless you give it out. |
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JackRiddler
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Mon May-02-11 10:06 PM Response to Reply #66 |
72. Yes, hello: They can cross-reference with other databases. |
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Quantess
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Tue May-03-11 12:34 AM Response to Reply #72 |
78. Of course. What I'm saying is that facebook isn't the only culprit. |
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blueamy66
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Tue May-03-11 08:04 AM Response to Reply #49 |
90. Well, my credit score sucks, I have no money in the bank |
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Sherman A1
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Mon May-02-11 07:56 PM Response to Reply #47 |
60. a |
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Hannah Bell
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Mon May-02-11 07:07 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. that seems to be how most of the internet makes money. |
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JackRiddler
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Mon May-02-11 07:14 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Well, yeah, but no one can match the data reach of FB and Google... |
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Hannah Bell
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Mon May-02-11 07:32 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. yeah, all that stuff just creeps me out. i've already kind of decided in my own mind |
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KoKo
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Mon May-02-11 08:09 PM Response to Reply #45 |
63. Have you looked at the ads that DU Google Ads places on our posts here on this site? |
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chatnoir
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Mon May-02-11 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
4. Doesn't seem like deleting the account would help now though... |
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ret5hd
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Mon May-02-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. That will certainly foil the CIA! |
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RaleighNCDUer
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Mon May-02-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Do you really think "not searchable" is not searchable for the government? nt |
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chatnoir
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Mon May-02-11 12:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Nah, I'm not that silly, no... |
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reggie the dog
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Tue May-03-11 06:20 AM Response to Reply #4 |
85. what happened? i thought that by putting stuff on private it was like |
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needledriver
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Mon May-02-11 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
5. And not only that- |
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AtheistCrusader
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Mon May-02-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Doesn't matter if they do. |
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Hestia
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Mon May-02-11 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
8. And just think, everyone is doing relatives through Ancestory.com |
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Turborama
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Mon May-02-11 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
9. We're using Facebook to share photos of my wife's developing pregnancy with friends and family... |
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RaleighNCDUer
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Mon May-02-11 12:18 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. What they would do with it is know who all your family and friends are. |
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FiveGoodMen
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Mon May-02-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Exactly! |
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Turborama
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Mon May-02-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Something I'd be worried about if I was paranoid |
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RaleighNCDUer
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Mon May-02-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. If you're not paranoid |
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Turborama
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Mon May-02-11 03:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
39. BOO! |
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Quantess
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Mon May-02-11 07:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
48. Exactly. The chance of that happening is extremely remote. |
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JackRiddler
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Mon May-02-11 10:08 PM Response to Reply #48 |
73. Good thing they don't have fast machines and 30 years of developed algorithms to sort through it all |
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Quantess
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Tue May-03-11 12:42 AM Response to Reply #73 |
79. Yeah, and they still get reams of useless info |
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JackRiddler
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Tue May-03-11 07:42 AM Response to Reply #79 |
87. The irony is that in your version, the chances of arbitrary wrongful enforcement are higher. |
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JDPriestly
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Mon May-02-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
33. "They" can know who your family and friends are any time "they" want anyway.. |
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RaleighNCDUer
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Mon May-02-11 02:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Yeah, but an investigation requires actual investigating. |
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Hannah Bell
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Mon May-02-11 07:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
51. lol. sure. |
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Turborama
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Mon May-02-11 11:59 PM Response to Reply #51 |
75. What did I say that was funny? n/t |
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KoKo
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Mon May-02-11 08:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
64. Think harder about this.... What could companies do with your information and when your baby is |
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Turborama
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Tue May-03-11 12:02 AM Response to Reply #64 |
76. If I can get some ads which show where good baby stores etc are in Indonesia I'd appreciate it |
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progressoid
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Tue May-03-11 07:52 AM Response to Reply #9 |
88. Eeek! |
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midnight
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Mon May-02-11 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
10. So essentially we all should be receiving a paycheck from the |
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Downwinder
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Mon May-02-11 05:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
44. It is not welfare, you are a paid informant. |
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Hannah Bell
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Mon May-02-11 07:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
52. the entire technological rev. is all about making people do work for free that was formerly |
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Zorra
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Mon May-02-11 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
11. Don't need to be a CIA analyst to figure that one out. Thanks for post. nt |
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mountainlion55
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Mon May-02-11 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
12. Oh I'm sure |
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TheEuclideanOne
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Mon May-02-11 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
15. Nobody can cover this story as good as The Onion |
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RaleighNCDUer
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Mon May-02-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Operation Farmville! |
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DeSwiss
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Mon May-02-11 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
20. K&R |
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SoapBox
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Mon May-02-11 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
21. Facebook...never done it, never will! |
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Mon May-02-11 01:36 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Deleted message |
TorchTheWitch
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Tue May-03-11 12:20 AM Response to Reply #21 |
77. I never understood the appeal |
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blueamy66
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Tue May-03-11 08:09 AM Response to Reply #77 |
91. I disagree. |
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NickB79
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Mon May-02-11 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
24. I have a friend from college who went to work for the US government as a translator |
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stormpilot
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Mon May-02-11 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
26. all accessible to U.S. intelligence ? YES |
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iandhr
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Mon May-02-11 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
27. The Onion already talked about this |
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harmonicon
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Mon May-02-11 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
28. It amazes me that anyone (smart) uses facebook. nt. |
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Uncle Joe
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Mon May-02-11 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
30. Kicked and recommended. |
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JDPriestly
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Mon May-02-11 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
31. Yes. And the spying is on all sides so you wonder whether |
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Raksha
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Mon May-02-11 02:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. If it's a world without shame it makes all of us that much harder to blackmail. |
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KoKo
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Mon May-02-11 08:49 PM Response to Reply #31 |
70. Good Point...If everyone puts their "stuff" including "secrets" online...eventually does it overload |
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Quantess
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Tue May-03-11 02:40 AM Response to Reply #31 |
81. It's a world in which secrets are boring and tedious to sift through |
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cottonseed
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Mon May-02-11 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
32. I always believed that about marriage and birth announcements in my local newspaper. |
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treestar
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Mon May-02-11 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
34. Minute 16 passed long ago Julian |
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jp11
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Mon May-02-11 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
37. The internet did it period. |
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Roland99
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Mon May-02-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. And remember the phone records made available by companies like AT&T w/o questions asked. |
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Mon May-02-11 03:55 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. Yup, and we had another thread on finding a way to increase funding |
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Spike89
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Mon May-02-11 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
42. Facebook is a toy |
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Roland99
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Mon May-02-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Or an XBOX Live account or a Sony PS3 online account or.... |
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KoKo
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Mon May-02-11 08:47 PM Response to Reply #42 |
68. Put everything together that you mention and know that EVERYTHING about Us.. |
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Mutley
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Mon May-02-11 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
53. Yes |
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anarch
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Mon May-02-11 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
55. but hey, if you're not doing anything wrong, you've got nothing to worry about, right? |
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Hannah Bell
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Mon May-02-11 07:33 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. so say at least a couple of folks here... |
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JackRiddler
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Mon May-02-11 10:09 PM Response to Reply #57 |
74. They're all good and noble Dr. Jekylls who never had a deviant thought. |
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snagglepuss
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Mon May-02-11 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
58. K & R nt |
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Armstead
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Mon May-02-11 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
59. It may be. But if they want to harvest my complaints about the weather or birthday greetings.... |
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stuntcat
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Mon May-02-11 08:02 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. my favorite movies.. my favorite singers.. |
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Armstead
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Mon May-02-11 08:21 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. They know what your cats look like? ....Uh Oh |
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Roland99
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Mon May-02-11 08:37 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. They've already trained dolphins...imagine what they can get cats to do! |
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hunter
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Mon May-02-11 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
61. It was game over for Osama bin Laden the moment he signed onto Facebook |
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defendandprotect
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Mon May-02-11 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
69. kickey |
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Turborama
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Tue May-03-11 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
80. Turborama: If we're going to be that paranoid, Wikileaks is a "honeypot" for IPs that visit it |
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Mojorabbit
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Tue May-03-11 03:23 AM Response to Reply #80 |
84. prison planet and godlike productions |
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Quantess
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Tue May-03-11 07:56 AM Response to Reply #80 |
89. I have to agree with you, facebook is 99.99% trivial nonsense, |
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Warren DeMontague
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Tue May-03-11 03:14 AM Response to Original message |
83. Then we have a responsibility to stop forcing people to join Facebook against their will. |
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BlueIris
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Tue May-03-11 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
86. In other news, Bush was a bad president. Welcome to The Cutting Edge In Conspiracy, |
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cascadiance
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Tue May-03-11 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
92. Another company I worry about is Carbonite... |
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GillesDeleuze
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Tue May-03-11 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
93. All with CIA / GOLDMAN SACHS $$$$$$$$$$$$ |
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