Well he was right in the end and so was Key but that's political playing with words again.
Key said GSCB not spying on NZers...true And we don't have a tap on the pacific internet cable.... true
But also true is we have an NSA outpost here at the exchange and of course we have an information sharing agreement with them. Its a bit like a Gang having someone beaten up by their prospects or associates. Technically the gang didn't do the crime but the job gets done. And that's exactly what happens here.
So to think that the govt wouldn't use/access that is not believeable.
And the email, don't think dotcom would be fooled by a fake one, the guy is in the IT business after all.
Govts have spied on their people for generations, we all know that and it doesn't bother me. But they are having to keep this mass surveillance concealed otherwise public will want to know why cant organised crime be stopped or peoples stolen property found. Think about it, wouldn't take much of a decent program to analyse list of stolen goods vs online auctions and ip addresses to start picking up patterns. Same with cellphone movements whose data is recorded and analysed by the telcos to see where to build extra towers etc. Once you pump in a few junkies numbers you could soon extrapolate interactions and map out every tinnie house in the country. And even single use burner phones would get picked up by right analysis.
But if we solve real crime the next on the list is the reckless waste of taxpayer money...
Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket - Eric Hoffer
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