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It's not spying for cryin' out loud

For those of you who know me I think it is safe to say that I have earned the ability to post this blog after being involved in technology and privacy since 1992 in a very intimate way.  For those that do not know me I invite you to research if you so choose in order to validate my thoughts.

This whole effort to validate privacy and government access is a crock.  The Patriot Act was established long ago and has provided our fine country all access to phone, Internet and financial data since its inception.  If you make a phone call it costs money people, if you send an email that was done on a device or connection that costs money or was transacted for free it is capable of being intercepted by our defense dept.

There must be a new incentive/motive for this discussion about privacy and spying that is created by Corporate America.  In the most recent articles I have read I shake my head.  Our government has had this ability for over 12 years and I personally and professionally support it.  If you don't want information found out about you because you are hesitant than don't post it, don't do it nor say it. It is the age of information and this is not going away. In Salt Lake today the largest counter terrorism and spy center is being constructed for our safety as Free Americans, perhaps they will have a visitor center! :-)

I will say something that others are not, if the FBI shows up at our door and says put this USB device in a customer server we will be required to do it and cannot tell anyone.  We can't even say we knew about it.  To this day it hasn't happened to us so I can say this but part of the job of being a curator of data is to admit the way it is.

So there you go, worry away or accept it. I choose to accept it, support my country and trust that we aren't spying on our own citizens for anything other than National Security, it's your choice.

Kevin McMillen
@ryantechkevin






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