Wikileaks releases "Vault 7"

• Apple

  

  Confidential CIA docs released today from years 2013-2016. Another Snowden?
  
  Not sure who/what zerohedge is but here is their take:
  http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-03-07/wikileaks-hold-press-conference-vault-7-release-8am-eastern
  
  ...more fake news?
• like_that

  

  The Michael Hastings thing is very fucking scary.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  like_that;1840073 wrote:The Michael Hastings thing is very fucking scary.

  Just read a bit on it, very.
• fish82

  

  UMBRAGE is interesting.
• gut

  fish82;1840081 wrote:UMBRAGE is interesting.

  Yes, wouldn't it be something if the hack on the DNC was done by the CIA to damage BOTH Clinton and Trump....
  
  Just a fun conspiracy theory I came up with
  
  But, seriously, if those allegations are true then it's no wonder Russia tried to interfere in our election.
• like_that

  

  gut;1840099 wrote:Yes, wouldn't it be something if the hack on the DNC was done by the CIA to damage BOTH Clinton and Trump....
  
  Just a fun conspiracy theory I came up with
  
  But, seriously, if those allegations are true then it's no wonder Russia tried to interfere in our election.

  Yeah, I am just waiting for trump's "i told you so tweet" claiming it was the CIA all along.
• gut

  like_that;1840101 wrote:Yeah, I am just waiting for trump's "i told you so tweet" claiming it was the CIA all along.

  Oh, that's inevitable. He's going to really pile on, and then the media will be like "wait a minute, you HATE leaks and called Snowden a traitor that should be executed"
• QuakerOats

  Utah data center ---> not fake
• fish82

  

  gut;1840099 wrote:Yes, wouldn't it be something if the hack on the DNC was done by the CIA to damage BOTH Clinton and Trump....
  
  Just a fun conspiracy theory I came up with
  
  But, seriously, if those allegations are true then it's no wonder Russia tried to interfere in our election.

  I'm sure Trump will be tweeting something to that effect shortly lol.
  
  My takeaway is what I said all along...that tech is not exclusive to the CIA. Any hacker worth his/her salt can make it look like someone else did it.
• Apple

  

  If its true that the CIA is recording virtually every phone, text, email, et al, where did they get the authority to do that? If no authority has been given, what happens now that we know they are doing it?
  
  These seem to be very strange times to be in these days...
• justincredible

  

  Apple;1840129 wrote:If its true that the CIA is recording virtually every phone, text, email, et al, where did they get the authority to do that? If no authority has been given, what happens now that we know they are doing it?
  
  These seem to be very strange times to be in these days...

  It doesn't really bother me. That's just the way it is.
• Apple

  

  justincredible;1840131 wrote:It doesn't really bother me. That's just the way it is.

  How can this (assumed) invasion of your privacy "not really bother" you? Do you not care the government is doing this? Doesn't this look like the government is breaking the law and violating your rights?
• Heretic

  

  Apple;1840135 wrote:How can this (assumed) invasion of your privacy "not really bother" you? Do you not care the government is doing this? Doesn't this look like the government is breaking the law and violating your rights?

  
  I'm thinking he's being sarcastic due to some responses on the intrusive TSA checks thread.
• fish82

  

  This is looking like it has the potential to be a sizeable shitstorm.
• SportsAndLady

  

  justincredible;1840131 wrote:It doesn't really bother me. That's just the way it is.

  Lol.
  
  Yeah, going through TSA security lines is exactly the same as the government keeping track of our phones [emoji849]
• Apple

  

  Heretic;1840136 wrote:I'm thinking he's being sarcastic due to some responses on the intrusive TSA checks thread.

  didn't see the TSA thread yet... will check it out. ...not that I don't ever use sarcasm myself!
• justincredible

  

  SportsAndLady;1840138 wrote:Lol.
  
  Yeah, going through TSA security lines is exactly the same as the government keeping track of our phones [emoji849]

  I was mostly joking, but they are both examples of government overreach. Just different extremes.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  For what it's worth, Zuckerberg has been covering his webcam and mic on his computers for a long time.
• Azubuike24

  

  If anyone takes anything from this, nothing is safe. No products we bring into our home are safe. Nothing we do with a computer, internet connection, cell phone, etc...is safe.
• gut

  Commander of Awesome;1840150 wrote:For what it's worth, Zuckerberg has been covering his webcam and mic on his computers for a long time.

  Yeah, but he's Zuckerberg. I doubt the feds give a shit about any of us.
• gut

  fish82;1840137 wrote:This is looking like it has the potential to be a sizeable shitstorm.

  Funny thing is, I just realized this makes Trump's tweet about being tapped pretty much 100% correct. Now, completely different context or misleading to the point of being a lie, but it depends on what your definition of "is" is.
• majorspark

  

  gut;1840179 wrote:I doubt the feds give a shit about any of us.

  Not yet.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  gut;1840179 wrote:Yeah, but he's Zuckerberg. I doubt the feds give a shit about any of us.

  Prob not, but still found it interesting.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Why am I on this list!!!???
  
  
  
  
• Azubuike24

  

  The feds don't care about any of us...until they have a reason to.
  
  You better believe that if you start having a major influence or control of significant money, they are using this stuff.
  
  Why do you think we don't hear former politicians, CEO's, lobbyists and the like outing each other or the exploits of people? The government can own and control anyone they really want and it's these subtle things that allow it.