If politicians were stopped from lying, would they still be politicians? Bears like honey - politicians lie - it's just another law of nature.

Nothing violates the laws of physics. If something behaves in a way that we do not expect, then it becomes the new laws of physics.

"'Do Not Track,' the Privacy Tool Used By Millions of People, Doesn't Do Anything"

Is "tracking" one of the things it doesn't do? Because that's good. Otherwise it does do something. And that's bad.

Show me the chip!

This article implies that China has the technology to implant tiny microchips during the manufacturing process. If China can do this then the NSA certainly can. And if the NSA can do it, then they are doing it already. There is a bigger story here than mere China bashing.

Maybe this is a good thing? Maybe it will accelerate the development of open source networking, grid networks, smaller wireless ISPs. What little control the government has, they will lose. They want a free market, give them a free market.

Agreed. They are the only mainstream media to support Edward Snowden and are withstanding a fierce backlash from the UK government. If we cannot fight for our freedom then we should at least support those that do.

How can the voters watch congress when congress is hiding things from them? In order for voters to make an informed decision, they need to know the facts.

Now Snowden has given us the facts - the fact that the US government is spying on its own citizens. Its now up to said citizens to make this legal or illegal through their votes and protests.

Also - the NSA is only a cog of a much bigger machine called Echelon.

Why are the government being so secretive? If they want to spy on everyone for the (supposed) benefit of the nation, then just say so. After all, "if you have nothing to fear, you have nothing to hide." Isnt that what they keep telling us?

Can you patent a natural process? Swifts have been 3D printing for millennia (birds nest (soup)). Ditto Snails (shells), Bees (hives). Prior Art is all around us.

I guess Microsoft has never heard of goo.gl

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PressTV - The News Channel the UK Government doesnt want you to watch

Absurd? Insane? I think not. Facts speak for themselves. The US killed 2 million in Vietnam, 2 million in the Korean war. Another million in the 2 wars in the gulf. And I'll leave you to count the innumerable casualties in the so many other wars the Americans have fought, and continue fighting. To even say that "America wasnt as bad as Pol Pot" is saying something for a nation that pretends to be the champion of human rights. You can look up Wikipedia for the references: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War_casualties http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War

The SWIFT system was constructed by the west to manage bank transfers. You can be sure that Iran will alternatives to it - just as Iran has found alternatives to every other sanction the US has imposed ove more that 30 years. So what the west is actually doing is facilitating the deconstruction of a once universal system, and facilitating the construction of an alternative that the west does not control.

Do China and Iran have this much control?