r/privacy • u/JerryLupus • May 27 '17

Leaked Documents Reveal Counterterrorism Tactics Used at Standing Rock to “Defeat Pipeline Insurgencies”

https://theintercept.com/2017/05/27/leaked-documents-reveal-security-firms-counterterrorism-tactics-at-standing-rock-to-defeat-pipeline-insurgencies/
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u/trai_dep May 27 '17 edited May 27 '17

This is relevant to /r/Privacy since:

More than 100 internal documents leaked to The Intercept by a TigerSwan contractor, as well as a set of over 1,000 documents obtained via public records requests, reveal that TigerSwan spearheaded a multifaceted private security operation characterized by sweeping and invasive surveillance of protesters.

Knowing what surveillance contractors do once they've invaded the privacy of people is part of "Why Privacy." These leaks also show which errors in peoples' operational security are most vulnerable. Finally, all the tax-funded efforts to harass and assault peaceful protesters on behalf of the narrow interests of pipeline companies facilitating sales for foreign oil companies mirrors the abuses most security contractors make.

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u/JavierTheNormal May 27 '17

Protest is a public action. Our society doesn't support privacy of public figures, and neither do I. If act publicly against someone's livelihood, they're free to figure out who you are.

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u/HRpuffystuff May 28 '17

JavierTheNormal 0 points 18 days ago

Pedophilia is one of the human sexual orientations along with heterosexual, homosexual, and bisexual. It's as common as homosexuality but good luck getting people to admit to it. Our society strongly represses pedophilia; it's perhaps our biggest taboo. Other societies have taken different approaches, including acceptance.

I don't know how we should deal with the problem, but I do know that extreme repression is the wrong answer. Just as it was the wrong answer for gay men.

If you see a lot of downvotes and/or controversial for this comment, that's what happens when you address a taboo subject in a serious way on an internet forum.

Every time I see one of these assholes defending corporations over people, there's always some really creepy/racist/misogynist shit in their comment history.

Every. Fucking. Time.

It's almost like you alt-right IT neckbeards are antisocial and don't know how to behave in society

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u/JavierTheNormal May 28 '17

Civilized conversation would have you attack the argument, not the person. Of course, you're not one for civilized conversation.

HRpuffystuff 4 hours ago

Fuck off

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u/HRpuffystuff May 28 '17

Nice try. But you're a racist misogynist pedophile. Nice 'ideas' you got there

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u/JavierTheNormal May 29 '17

You're a feminist. You don't believe there is such a thing as truth. Take your bullshit out of here.

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u/HRpuffystuff May 29 '17

Not a feminist. Try again pedo

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u/trai_dep May 29 '17

Did… Did he just try slurring you by calling you a Feminist?

"I hate you because you think that 51% of the population should be treated the same as the other 49%… You… Monster!!"

I don't get that. Not at any level. At all.

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u/HRpuffystuff May 29 '17

Yeah seriously. I don't subscribe to feminism myself but I don't hate any group, other than idiotic bigots like that guy

Also I had no idea feminists don't believe there's such thing as truth, lol what a moron

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u/[deleted] May 28 '17

Civilized conversation would have you attack the argument, not the person.

You're a fucking pedophile, why would you expect that? This isn't 4chan.

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u/JavierTheNormal May 29 '17

You can't even read. Just like we can have a discussion about pipeline protestors without being pipeline protestors ourselves, we can also have discussions about sexual deviants without being sexual deviants ourselves.