Comments on: DOJ asks Court to keep secret any partnership between Google and NSA, not that one exists, definitely not http://boingboing.net/2012/03/13/doj-asks-court-to-keep-secret.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 16:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: ultimabuddy http://boingboing.net/2012/03/13/doj-asks-court-to-keep-secret.html#comment-1370815 ultimabuddy Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149009#comment-1370815 This trope is known as 'Suspiciously Specific Denial'. This trope is known as ‘Suspiciously Specific Denial’.

]]> By: Nicholas Agostino http://boingboing.net/2012/03/13/doj-asks-court-to-keep-secret.html#comment-1370320 Nicholas Agostino Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149009#comment-1370320 You're kidding right?  The NSA OWNS Google.  No one can be this ignorant You’re kidding right?  The NSA OWNS Google.  No one can be this ignorant

]]> By: professor http://boingboing.net/2012/03/13/doj-asks-court-to-keep-secret.html#comment-1370062 professor Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149009#comment-1370062  How about "Don't get caught being evil"?  How about “Don’t get caught being evil”?

]]> By: lumpygravy2 http://boingboing.net/2012/03/13/doj-asks-court-to-keep-secret.html#comment-1370039 lumpygravy2 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149009#comment-1370039 Any one who believes that Google was started by two college kids, next door to the CIA and the NSA is just pulling the wool over their eyes.   Any one who believes that Google was started by two college kids, next door to the CIA and the NSA is just pulling the wool over their eyes.  

]]> By: Thebes http://boingboing.net/2012/03/13/doj-asks-court-to-keep-secret.html#comment-1370006 Thebes Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149009#comment-1370006  Voters  Voters

]]> By: Thebes http://boingboing.net/2012/03/13/doj-asks-court-to-keep-secret.html#comment-1370004 Thebes Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149009#comment-1370004 Does this mean DARPA's 40-year-old project to install sensors into all US households is complete? Does this mean DARPA’s 40-year-old project to install sensors into all US households is complete?

]]> By: petsounds http://boingboing.net/2012/03/13/doj-asks-court-to-keep-secret.html#comment-1369931 petsounds Wed, 14 Mar 2012 05:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149009#comment-1369931 Yesterday it was revealed that DARPA director Regina Dugan is joining Google.  No, no good sir! Of course there's no cozy relationship between national security agencies and Google! http://allthingsd.com/20120312/darpas-regina-dugan-will-join-google/ Yesterday it was revealed that DARPA director Regina Dugan is joining Google.  No, no good sir! Of course there’s no cozy relationship between national security agencies and Google!

http://allthingsd.com/20120312/darpas-regina-dugan-will-join-google/

]]> By: wiredreader2010 http://boingboing.net/2012/03/13/doj-asks-court-to-keep-secret.html#comment-1369913 wiredreader2010 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 05:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149009#comment-1369913 Pretty sure they had to have some kind of NSA agreements when they launched their mapping satelite back in 2008. I have serious doubts that google knowingly gives any data to the nsa... I suspect they require a giant paper-trail for all govt taps. Pretty sure they had to have some kind of NSA agreements when they launched their mapping satelite back in 2008. I have serious doubts that google knowingly gives any data to the nsa… I suspect they require a giant paper-trail for all govt taps.

]]> By: kabster http://boingboing.net/2012/03/13/doj-asks-court-to-keep-secret.html#comment-1369839 kabster Wed, 14 Mar 2012 03:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149009#comment-1369839 I'm gonna tell. I’m gonna tell.

]]> By: blissfulight http://boingboing.net/2012/03/13/doj-asks-court-to-keep-secret.html#comment-1369494 blissfulight Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149009#comment-1369494 But if the 'enemy' already knows, then who are we keeping it secret from?   But if the ‘enemy’ already knows, then who are we keeping it secret from?  

]]> By: rndmtim http://boingboing.net/2012/03/13/doj-asks-court-to-keep-secret.html#comment-1369486 rndmtim Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149009#comment-1369486 "Don't be evil" should be corrected to "Don't be evil! Please don't be evil! Nooo!!!" or more simply "Stop being evil". “Don’t be evil” should be corrected to “Don’t be evil! Please don’t be evil! Nooo!!!” or more simply “Stop being evil”.

]]> By: Jim Saul http://boingboing.net/2012/03/13/doj-asks-court-to-keep-secret.html#comment-1369475 Jim Saul Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149009#comment-1369475 "But you said your dog does not bite!' "That, sir, is not my dog." “But you said your dog does not bite!’

“That, sir, is not my dog.”

]]> By: RedShirt77 http://boingboing.net/2012/03/13/doj-asks-court-to-keep-secret.html#comment-1369455 RedShirt77 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149009#comment-1369455 Is there  something going on?  maybe?   Is it at all surprising that the NSA didn't turn itself in at the request of an advocacy organization? Nope, not at all.  Is it news? Hmm... Is there  something going on?  maybe?   Is it at all surprising that the NSA didn’t turn itself in at the request of an advocacy organization? Nope, not at all.  Is it news? Hmm…

]]> By: Guest http://boingboing.net/2012/03/13/doj-asks-court-to-keep-secret.html#comment-1369434 Guest Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149009#comment-1369434 That is one among many sincere forms of flattery you might give your dog. That is one among many sincere forms of flattery you might give your dog.

]]> By: Spencer Cross http://boingboing.net/2012/03/13/doj-asks-court-to-keep-secret.html#comment-1369307 Spencer Cross Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149009#comment-1369307 Assuming there must be some kind of agreement because the NSA isn't denying it strikes me as the nerd equivalent of the NSA assuming you must have something to hide if you oppose heavy handed surveillance or TSA scanners or what have you. Assuming there must be some kind of agreement because the NSA isn’t denying it strikes me as the nerd equivalent of the NSA assuming you must have something to hide if you oppose heavy handed surveillance or TSA scanners or what have you.

]]> By: Sparg http://boingboing.net/2012/03/13/doj-asks-court-to-keep-secret.html#comment-1369254 Sparg Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149009#comment-1369254 The NSA isn't supposed to monitor internal US traffic or traffic originating from within the US, but we'd always ask the GCHQ guys to check shit for us.  Always a way around the law.  Check out the UKUSA Agreement. ;) The NSA isn’t supposed to monitor internal US traffic or traffic originating from within the US, but we’d always ask the GCHQ guys to check shit for us.  Always a way around the law.  Check out the UKUSA Agreement. ;)

]]> By: angusm http://boingboing.net/2012/03/13/doj-asks-court-to-keep-secret.html#comment-1369252 angusm Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149009#comment-1369252 No problem, this stuff is bound to leak out sooner or later. I'll just search for information about it on Goo- ...  Oh. No problem, this stuff is bound to leak out sooner or later. I’ll just search for information about it on Goo- … 

Oh.

]]> By: oasisob1 http://boingboing.net/2012/03/13/doj-asks-court-to-keep-secret.html#comment-1369250 oasisob1 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149009#comment-1369250  I'll have you know that my dog is very well behaved off-leash. He tolerates children and other dogs, doesn't bark, bite or growl.  I’ll have you know that my dog is very well behaved off-leash. He tolerates children and other dogs, doesn’t bark, bite or growl.

]]> By: Funk Daddy http://boingboing.net/2012/03/13/doj-asks-court-to-keep-secret.html#comment-1369230 Funk Daddy Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149009#comment-1369230 Failing to presume the worst of government is akin to trusting that dog owner ignoring the leash law. Failing to presume the worst of government is akin to trusting that dog owner ignoring the leash law.

]]> By: Funk Daddy http://boingboing.net/2012/03/13/doj-asks-court-to-keep-secret.html#comment-1369226 Funk Daddy Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149009#comment-1369226 Does Google monitor all NSA use of Google assets in order to maintain tha' hole thing they got with claiming not to be evil? I'm taking the best approach to the neither confirm nor deny, I am presuming the worst. Does Google monitor all NSA use of Google assets in order to maintain tha’ hole thing they got with claiming not to be evil?

I’m taking the best approach to the neither confirm nor deny, I am presuming the worst.

]]> By: samari711 http://boingboing.net/2012/03/13/doj-asks-court-to-keep-secret.html#comment-1369220 samari711 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149009#comment-1369220 Not to rain on the tin foil hat parade too much, but that's the answer they'd give regardless of which company you ask about.  It is literally a non-answer because if you tell people everyone you're not working with, who you're working with becomes trivial to figure out. Not to rain on the tin foil hat parade too much, but that’s the answer they’d give regardless of which company you ask about.  It is literally a non-answer because if you tell people everyone you’re not working with, who you’re working with becomes trivial to figure out.

]]> By: Gary61 http://boingboing.net/2012/03/13/doj-asks-court-to-keep-secret.html#comment-1369189 Gary61 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149009#comment-1369189 How can you be posting this??? It's supposed to be Top Sekrit! How can you be posting this??? It’s supposed to be Top Sekrit!

]]> By: IamInnocent http://boingboing.net/2012/03/13/doj-asks-court-to-keep-secret.html#comment-1369191 IamInnocent Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149009#comment-1369191  You don't know why and the DoJ want you to stay that ignorant: focusing out hate on that may pay better.  You don’t know why and the DoJ want you to stay that ignorant: focusing out hate on that may pay better.

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2012/03/13/doj-asks-court-to-keep-secret.html#comment-1369180 Mister44 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149009#comment-1369180 Why is it I dislike google more and more every day? Why is it I dislike google more and more every day?

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