[liberationtech] FW: NSA Admits: Okay, Okay, There Have Been A Bunch Of Intentional Abuses, Including Spying On Love Interests | Techdirt

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On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 5:21 AM, michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com> wrote:
> Okay, so we have a few joke "abuses" to divert attention but what about the
> intentional non-abuses and the non-joke ones...


what this demonstrates is two fold:

first, that any motive which may arise, no matter how petty, has
resulted in abuses of these systems for personal ends.

second, that any procedural or technical controls around preventing
these abuses are insufficient or even lacking entirely.


LOVEINT, as excellent in the mind's eye it may be as focal point for outrage,
 is clearly just the tip of the ice berg.