<story><title>On Confirmed Assumptions or, Not Trusting Google is a Good Idea</title><url>http://anarchism.is/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>tptacek</author><text>&lt;i&gt;How, in short, is this shit valid under the U.S. Bill of Rights? I’d really like someone to explain that to me. With a straight face. Preferably without making me want to punch them in the process.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Well, he&amp;#x27;s going to want to punch me, but here&amp;#x27;s what I think(?) the answer is:&lt;p&gt;(a) He&amp;#x27;s not a US person, but instead a well-known citizen of Iceland, living abroad, and is thus not protected by the Fourth Amendment, at least to the extent that anything in the Fourth Amendment conflicts with any interest of the US.&lt;p&gt;(b) He&amp;#x27;s a person of interest in the investigation of one of the most significant leaks of national security information in US history.</text></comment>
<story><title>On Confirmed Assumptions or, Not Trusting Google is a Good Idea</title><url>http://anarchism.is/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>gnosis</author><text>Google is spyware.&lt;p&gt;This has been obvious for a long time.&lt;p&gt;Most other &amp;quot;free&amp;quot; web services aren&amp;#x27;t much better.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s sad that it&amp;#x27;s taken so long for people to start realizing and caring about this, but better late than never.</text></comment>