Spy Agency Announces New Social Network Site

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* Spy Agency Announces New Social Network Site

Move over Facebook and MySpace -- the NSA is now in the
social networking business.

This week, the NSA announced SpySpace.com -- a social
networking site developed by the NSA itself. SpySpace.com
will allow ordinary Americans to instantly share their
private data with the government -- eliminating the NSA's
reliance on cumbersome requirements such as warrants.

SpySpace.com allows users to upload personal data about who
their friends are, what sites they visit, what books and
newspapers they are reading, and where they live directly
into a massive database controlled by the NSA. Messages
sent though the site will be automatically copied --
without warrants -- to a secure room controlled by the NSA.
Third party apps make it easy to tag your friends as
"suspicious" or "unpatriotic."

Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell hailed the
site's potential. "Since Congress has so far failed to
protect telecoms against lawsuits, wholesale domestic
spying is more difficult than ever. SpySpace will give our
agents the access they need to protect Americans in their
homes -- all legally, and all without warrants or other
restrictions."

SpySpace apologist Richard Esguerra expressed enthusiasm
for the new site. "I think it's neat. I'm not doing
anything wrong, so I don't have anything to hide. And if I
can save the government the few seconds it takes to get a
warrant, I'm helping my country fight evildoers."

The use of social networking sites has exploded in recent
years, with millions of people making private information
public by uploading data about their social networks,
consumption habits, and travel patterns.

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Is there a death in the near future for social networking sites...? :sick:

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