Nicky Hager accuses New Zealand of selling out its neighbours to the US
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B-b-but we're so t-t-terrified of the t-t-terrorists.
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After "The Moment of Truth" I'm really not interested in anything Snowden has to say.
I thought he was on to something.. but now I'm not so sure. I see he's trying to get back to the US without getting buttf*cked, is he slowly beginning to realise that he had nothing of true significance after all? |
So because of a silly event, you're willing to accept mass surveillance, and you're willing to trust those who are undertaking it? Or do you think anyone who believes such a thing is occurring is mistaken, of the tinfoil hat variety, that Snowden is lying, mistaken, or somehow misconstruing reality?
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I'm not an expert in the field so my opinion is that of a layman. That said, Snowden's data and his claims seem generally plausible to me. I say "generally" because some of his claims, like that there's an NSA surveillance centre in Northland, seem a bit iffy. (Northland's not that big. I'm sure someone would have noticed a spy base lying around.) But in general I'm not surprised by his claims.
I think the problem is that Snowden is stuck in Russia trying not to get disappeared by the CIA, and he's not a journalist - which means that Snowden's data is getting filtered and presented to us by people like Glenn Greenwald and Nicky Hager. And they're making cocks of themselves. So when I hear "Snowden" and "New Zealand" together I think of Dirty Politics!!1 and teh Moment of Truth!!1 and I don't give as much of a fuck any more. |
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I simply said I'm not interested in anything he has to say. Chill. |
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Maybe it's because I'm at heart a tinfoil hat wearer myself, but I've always assumed as a matter of course that my electronic communications can be and probably are monitored. So when there's an article claiming that my emails are snooped by the NSA I kind of go "well, yeah, obviously, and...?"
If I wanted to make my emails harder to snoop I could and would. (edit) but that's kinda beside this particular point, because Hager's latest allegation is that Snowden's data shows NZ is eavesdropping on the communications of other Pacific nations and sharing that data with, fuck, the Five Eyes partners I guess. |
The most interesting thing about this entire affair is how the public reacts to the information in relation to the government (and business) PR machines. As Ab said I don't think anyone can dispute that everyone using digital technologies are constantly under surveillance. The issue is that it's become so normalised now, mostly through the way that corporates use data, that people don't bat an eyelid at the idea.
I spent sometime last year researching a lot of stuff surrounding many of the Snowden claims in the NZ context which was fascinating. I try and wear my sceptics hat as often as I can - and in this case I'd be far more sceptical of any government claims than Snowden or any of the journalists who he's worked with. Pixie |
Not at all surprised that Fiji is spied on. And if they're spied on, well, so are the rest of the Islands. So... not surprised.
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Our spy agency engages in spying. This spying encompasses monitoring communications that are accessible from NZ. I can understand why this is a surprise for some people but for my part I'm unsurprised.
There will be another nearly six years of this nonsense; assuming the herald exists for that long. |
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New Zealand right to spy on Pacific Island neighbours
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What's different now is it's irrefutable. What is being exposed is how different our leaders' narratives are compared to reality. It's not surprising but now it's demonstrable. I don't see this as a matter of stopping spying. This is a matter of opposing forces, specifically freedom and control. By standing up against mass surveillance, by insisting on limits and oversight, by refusing to accept the story being told and demanding facts over narrative, we stand up for freedom. Not to overwhelm control, but to provide balance. Our lives are lived in the balance of many opposing forces. Exactly where these forces are balanced determine the lives we get to live. Maybe it's not for everyone, but I like to do my best to have a say in the kind of life I get to live. |
Grant Bayldon: Nothing to hide, nothing to fear?
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What constitution? |
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=11412551
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Indeed it's irrelevant if they discarded it - it's not supposed to have been collected in the first place as the collection is an arbitrary privacy violation. Of course that doesn't mean I believe for so much as a second that this particular leopard will change it's spots. |
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I (layman opinion) think that Labour Party blogger Rob Salmond makes a good point:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncodified_constitution http://www.cabinetmanual.cabinetoffice.govt.nz/node/68 Pixie |
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Sorry, long and shitty week, I didn't mean to snap at you. Pixie |
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