Exposing the NSA’s Mass Surveillance of Americans | CYBERWAR

Tailored Access Operations, or TAO, is the NSA's elite hacking force. TAO employs some of America's best hackers - so who are their targets?
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[@mgtowski395]

NSA, the only part of our government that listens.

[@seektruthspeaktruth-or4fk]

Ha

[@bhambhole]

That is quite clever. Sounds like an internal motto. I love it. 😂

[@bobandrew8410]

Actually True

[@AdamBrzozowski-df3gz]

never forget this is all to stop non existent terrorism.

[@KevinTheStallion637]

Good

[@abigalanderson7494]

I don't back up my data, the NSA does that for me

[@Dakktyrel]

NRO ... but yes.

[@Senai]

They're so thoughtful ❤❤

[@Dirtyharry70585]

Someone just had their server farm cook

[@lolbruah]

NSA does Backup - Jesus saves.

[@ZoonCrypticon]

Do you have a monthly subscription with them ?

[@The_R-n-I_Guy]

The internet and smartphones have destroyed humanity

[@philobetto5106]

Wi-Fi utility meters, 5G poles less than a football field away, cell phones, laptops, Siri, firestick, Your router and neighbors surrounding you Are the same frequency as your microwave.

[@gtx1650max-q]

destroyed in the sense of Data privacy and misinformation​@@philobetto5106

[@TheSouthernLady777]

Sin destroyed humanity... humans just find new ways of doing it.

[@XHALE303]

They also said that about TV, Rock n Roll. Hardrock, Metal, Housemusic, Videogames, & none of them were ever mandatory. So it's humanity.

[@danawelch3985]

Yes, remember that God, our Father in Heaven, has also used it for his benefit. The world awakened through the internet.

[@jeffdishong4853]

Thus proving that 99% of the time, the difference between a hero and a criminal is perception and perspective.

[@dilekavan5796]

And as always MONEY AND POWER

[@bl8388]

When corrupt people are involved it seems that way.

[@1stAmendmentorDie1776]

That's what the Jewish community preaches.

[@mediocreman2]

Nah the difference is in the outcome.

[@ponytailalogginalong6605]

NEITHER OF WHICH AI IS CAPABLE OF!

[@MiguelRamirez-cr7gh]

Don’t let this distract you from the fact that when kids go missing, they have all the data necessary to find them. They just choose not to.

[@5GreenAcres]

Worse yet...they are the ones kidnapping. Adrenachrome junkies.

[@user-bc4ur1sw2k]

Yikes. That's a good point. 👍👍✝✝

[@Summernightsandneonlights]

Yep or stop alot of other more serious crimes like Biden and the democrats fleecing America

[@DJRenee]

🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️ say it louder. But they been the originators of Fuk Dem K!d$!

[@Dark_Angel1987]

Thats because there doing it 😂😂😂

[@jammasterjay]

Ed Snowden tried to tell us about this and for some reason, most people not only didn’t care, they looked at Snowden as a traitor.

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

I think a lot of those people calling him that were Al or in the govt themselves.

[@Schoohness]

People did support him but they would likely have been effectively suppressed or outright attacked under our noses, based off of the kind of blatant domestic torture protocol being executed against people nowadays, I can only imagine what it was like 10 years ago, and even before that post 911 stuff. They have a very sophisticated program for silencing whistleblowers, holding back information that could move society forward to benefit their corporate constituents.

[@Dyno08]

It’s because the majority of our country has been brainwashed by the news machine to believe what they see on TV news channels

[@TheRealKingS197]

It's not that people didn't care its that it wasn't clear enough for people to understand what is going on...They think he saying they're just spying on us and most people believe that anyways so they think they were told something they already knew...the media and gov. Did a good job and confusing what he was saying they was doing...When people finally did figure out how bad it was we was already going the the "Orange man bad" thing and "Russia collusion" mess...they keep a new problem popping up daily to keep us to distracted to stop and look back and what they have done to us...they can never let up on the pressure because the minute they do people can take a breath and see what's going on...I really hope after they steal this next sElection the people finally have enough and wake up and move on these scum...Im praying for the day!! #1776AGAIN🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@sd906238]

A lot of people who aren't asleep view him as a hero.

[@matthewryan2060]

It’s actually quite amazing how accurate that film “Enemy of the State” actually became.

[@Results_may_vary4u]

Hollywood has been a shill for the CIA since the 40s. There’s always a hint of truth in some films.

[@roymoxley2587]

Damn right

[@TPaine1776]

Scariest movie I have seen.

[@DJKaBz1]

Movies like that are made to desensitize people

[@cornbread4everyone555]

Olympus Has Fallen is what's gonna happen if we keep funding militarism abroad and keep our borders wide open ..

[@rustyhighlander786]

It's almost like the 9-11-01 attacks were allowed by lousy surveillance so that ultra high surveillance could be implemented afterwards.

[@waynehendrix4806]

No way. That could not happen in this great country. Pleasant dreams.....

[@RM-lk1so]

Yah think. Ah jeez. Did you trip over a book to figure that out

[@ThatSoonerGuy]

Unfortunately there were many reasons they either allowed it to happen or they designed it to happen. Our government is not our friend. We are simply a number to them and when enough numbers come together, they have to do everything within their power to shrink it. Ultimately, they fear us and the idea that if enough of us come together we would destroy them.

[@BellaBella-dy5gn]

I need money

[@BlueEyedColonizer]

I forgot my e-mail password.....had to contact NSA to retrieve it

[@cyberdevil657]

It might be a joke now but this is a nightmare for everyone.

[@pinnitt]

"Hey NSA? Yeah, sorry, my backup drive failed, could you... oh, great, thanks!" Now THAT'S a government which is for the people!

[@P2Feener305]

🏳️‍🌈

[@markusanderson1517]

Actually, they wouldn't need it anyway.

[@C3N50R3D]

I wish it was that easy to recover a password

[@mikalzanna2076]

don't forget these episodes are 8 years old!! Vice really should put the date of all this old CYBERWAR programming in parathesis in the title (2016)

[@emmanuelgomez1339]

​@@mikalzanna2076 totally agree with you 💯

[@pissiole5654]

Why would they? more people are likely to click on it if they don't realize its almost a decade old. They're in the business of making money they're not bothered about achieving the greatest possible transparency

[@TheCajunGaijin]

I guess it really is time to "Do not recommend" for Vice News because they put out nothing new and only regurgitate the old now.

[@rhbruning]

Great point. Lying by omission. Vice would not want to report on what they would find. It's not their genre.

[@rm4209]

I was thinking this was brand new

[@ingridfong-daley5899]

When we moved to Kazakhstan in 2016, we were informed officially by the government there that all our devices and communications would be actively monitored, by both the Kazakh AND US governments. I remember having a certain amount of respect for the fact that at least their government had the balls to tell us face-to-face, openly.

[@horseathalt7308]

LOL Essentially it is israel doing all that hiding behind these two govts.

[@breesechick]

At least they were honest, crap.

[@ingridfong-daley5899]

@@breesechick Right? It weirdly gave me more respect for their government than for my own.

[@user-ww3lx5ui6s]

i dont know, I think the correct way to spy on someone is openly.

[@scholaroftheunlight]

What is lost on most is that they don't just track your data, they also run it through advanced A.I. that builds sophisticated in-depth profiles on every citizen. They likely know more about the average person than that person knows about themselves.

[@wellsselbe]

So a complete violation of the Fourth Amendment

[@Cristina-gw5zp]

yes exactly, it's really much worse than "profile" 😢

[@dexterwestin3747]

I have an unproven theory that after the Snowden leak that the NSA stepped back, watched the public's reaction, saw that there wasn't much of an outrage and thus carried on as before.

[@LemurWhoSpoke]

No. After Snowden, encryption became more popular, so they switched over to using keyloggers and relying on built-in microphone hacking. And these might not have even been hacks or malware. They might have just asked the companies that make the products to leave the back door unlocked by allowing them to inject their spyware into driver and OS updates.

[@RedLemon69]

​@@LemurWhoSpokeyeap it's pretty common for them to install hardware based surveillance even before wireless was common since the past. I'm just glad there's someone like Snowden to inform the public.

[@GunsandGuitars69]

You would be right to a certain extent. Some of the information released by Snowden was in the process of being analyzed through certain legal channels, and now with the information regarding these mass-surveillance programs being considered "stolen", none of the people responsible can be prosecuted since the evidence is considered to have been obtained in bad faith. Although as we've seen in the Epstein case, elitists don't ever face justice anyways and the aforementioned legal channels most definitely wouldn't have provided American citizens the same level of detail into what was being done to them with their own tax dollars. So Snowden likely made the best possible decision regardless.

[@vonberlin1004]

They really prevail.

[@mnepo2884]

NSA is distraction. no one’s asking the real question. americans. fully believe in this NSA leaks. lmaooo.

[@Parkerspuffin]

Im 90% sure that that the NSA plays counterstrike with me.

[@aprilgeneric8027]

via DHS SS FBI DEA round about way....yes.....yes we do, uncle sams got to know your limits

[@Chris.Davies]

I am 100% sure they do not.

[@infiniteinspiration1628]

Hilarious 😂

[@Schoohness]

They most certainly do 😂😂 mine too

[@36MeTHoD]

That's why I quit CoD. Not because of the kids calling me "my guy" and other racist terms

[@jacksmith2983]

That is how the have the tab on every politician and they can blackmail them all.

[@ponytailalogginalong6605]

WEEEELLL Epstein & Ditty did the dirty work, nsa just watched.

[@bradm4493]

The crazy part is, none of this matters. There’s nothing anyone can do about it. Can report out all you want, whistleblow all you want, it does not matter. No one can stop it.

[@bsdpowa]

no one can but everybody can, it's just that it comes with a price which people are not willing to pay, so nothing changes individualism > collectiveness

[@dontehill8410]

Brad YOU ARE A WEAK MAN. I would HATE FOR YOU TO BE MY FATHER!

[@tri-septem7773]

To both you and BSD, I actually believe it could be stopped. This is how empires have fallen apart before in the past.. for me, reaching a sober and clear intellectual level after going through the early 2000s there’s not much conspiracy anymore but the overwhelming sense of data still grabs me… scientist were able to clone sheep back in the 70s with pretty damn good accuracy. Makes me wonder what we’re doing 50 years later. Also, when you would have a figure who is either a citizen or public idol, and they decide to start preaching this. We can all overthrow mentality and stop paying taxes. I almost guarantee that they first come and talk to you and if you don’t comply, they kill you. If you are a public idol, they have the ability to clone you. And the cloning part is far-fetched but what’s sad is that the data is there. These center were literally built to make sure that the American government can stay in power which can be a tossup I believe in some cases, the American vote still counts, and in some cases it doesn’t, but at the end of the day just like you say BRaDM none of it matters were all part of this collective now and until another January 6 incident arises again we will be stuck with the current system, and if an incident like that was to arise, it has repercussions war would crack off I would rather hope to raise my daughter, even if things are not good right now, there is still peace in America if you’re willing to find it, but if you want to stop the powers that be, there will not be peace not for anyone for quite some time and could lead to nuclear war. They say love makes you do stupid things imagine what power will make other men do.

[@JoseHerrera-vs8nv]

It's Like Something Out of the Twilight Zone !

[@NHANNGUYEN-qd1nr]

The problem is the world don't know the difference between right and wrong.

[@MrProzacmilkshake]

NSA : " i know where you live." Me: " i already know that"

[@infiniteinspiration1628]

Hilarious 😂 😅😅😅😅😅

[@DeclanDSI]

Pretty much this.

[@davina5514]

@MrProzacmilkshake Ha! Yes, that was a GOOD One 😂😂

[@preshisify1]

😷☕🇺🇲

[@preshisify1]

Edward Snowden and Julian Assange absolutely should be one hundred percent fully pardoned, period

[@DamianMoore-jy8mm]

The NSA watching me watch this video right now

[@PsychonauticalSiren]

While watching me watching the video (on my TV) while holding my phone, watching the video just to watch the comments and write my comment here. 😂

[@gezzapk]

@@PsychonauticalSirenhighly unlikely lol

[@marcsequence]

The real Meta

[@xuskad98]

I don’t want no smoke fr

[@st20332]

Damn, now i've got the CCP and the NSA watching

[@EveliaAnderson]

I feel investors should focus on under-the-radar stocks, considering the current rollercoaster nature of the stock market, Because 35% of my $270k portfolio comprises plummeting stocks that were once revered. I don't know where to go here out of devastation.

[@CatinaNguyen]

The safest approach I feel to tackle it is to diversify investments. By spreading investments across different asset classes, like bonds, real estate, and international stocks, they can reduce the impact of a market meltdown.

[@DavidMansour-ej8gt]

@@CatinaNguyen It's often true that people underestimate the importance of financial advisors until they feel the negative effects of emotional decision-making. I remember a few summers ago, after a tough divorce, when I needed a boost for my struggling business. I researched and found a licensed advisor who diligently helped grow my reserves despite inflation. Consequently, my reserves increased from $275k to around $750k.

[@leahwilliams7489]

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[@DavidMansour-ej8gt]

@@leahwilliams7489 My CFA ’ is “Victoria Carmen Santaella”, a renowned figure in her line of work. I recommend researching her credentials further. She has many years of experience and is a valuable resource for anyone looking to navigate the financial market.

[@leahwilliams7489]

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[@privateprivate5302]

Why can't they find missing people?!!

[@johnnyblade6088]

@privateprivate5302 Because that entails work.

[@user-le4ui1ot8q]

Y would they because it tells every one they know already wake up

[@user-le4ui1ot8q]

It also pays them not to tell where they are

[@Unknown-ek1ox]

You expect too much. It would require having an actual trace which isn't always there - or hard to find buried under big data. Data may or may not be there and then you'd know where to look or look for it in the first place. Not all missing cases go up the ladder or to that institution I'd wager.

[@deadasfboi]

@@Unknown-ek1ox You're right, companies like Root9B only want high bidders. Greed is only part of the reason why people will always stay missing, there's many more reasons.

[@Sasoripwns]

You never lost rights and freedoms. You lost the illusion of it.

[@0pTicaL]

This comment wins the crown!

[@Volksinformant]

You can't lose something that was never there.

[@SafeEffective-ls2pl]

Willingly given up. The Founding Fathers fought for our rights. We can't even vote for our rights.

[@uradragon]

The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater. Frank Zappa

[@danawelch3985]

We never had real rights or freedoms. It was always controlled.

[@EJ-74]

This is 8yrs old, just imagine what they are doing now 😳

[@chrys3073]

Remotely hacking brains via the brain fingerprint, frequencies etc... and no I'm not being funny or even sensational, sadly. #Justice4TargetedIndividuals2024

[@Wandera1970]

They probably using your devices as interfaces that record everything. That is why data centers are going up everywhere. Every single keystroke/touch, sound, even the alinement of the device is recorded (like the orinatation of you phone is it level is it face up or face down or upright). Moores law says computing power is double every 18 months or so. Internet speeds now can reach 1Gbps. Yet the system I use is slow andand just as laggy with internet speeds at are compareable to 10-15 years ago. Why? probably because everything I do probably goes through several data centers before actually connecting to the internet. If I was to now delete this reply even that would be recorded in real time. If a change settings shut down and then later on turn it back on my settings are reset to what they where before. I am suppose to manually reconnect to the internet everytime I turn my device on. But it takes like 2 mins to shut down. And the settings are reset to automatic reconnect to the internet. Why? Probably because they want to know what I am doing on the device while its not connected to the internet. Which is not much but changing all my setting back to how I want them. Not what they prefer.

[@Jeff-sp7bg]

Who's "they"

[@EJ-74]

@@Jeff-sp7bg You're kidding right 🤔🙄

[@Douchebagus]

@@Jeff-sp7bg They is the boogeyman that no one can name

[@blessedfire365xgf]

Most of the children missing are from department of children services

[@cidquakenbush302]

Actually Democrats

[@Cristina-gw5zp]

😮 wow 😢

[@Littlefoot.]

Google search: "Help, I think the NSA agent watching me is....cute."

[@rm-gh1co]

You mean like the one that engaged me in conversation and wanted to take me to dinner and showed me his DOD ID. Or the young military pilot that wanted to " show me a good time" and showed me his military ID. Very attractive men and just my type except.... I'm celebate and believe in the old fashioned dating and respect. So if there's someone in the NSA that likes that type, you know where to find me lol

[@BellaBella-dy5gn]

Stop watching porn on Google

[@jimbopeebles8210]

Your NSA Agent is disappointed that you watched this 😢

[@AlbertoGonzalez..]

Agent Orange

[@waynehendrix4806]

Stan is a real drag on my life for sure. I wish he would stop smoking so much. He never gets my jokes.

[@jaclynhughes5025]

@@waynehendrix4806 🤣

[@DangerMouse62]

Kinda like a downgraded guardian angel 👼🏽. 😈

[@angelfyr762]

Watching will negatively affect your Social Credit score

[@JohnSmith-rw2yn]

For a second I thought this was new. then I realised this is from 2016 😅

[@resevoirdog]

It's still super accurate and great journalism

[@JohnSmith-rw2yn]

@@resevoirdog Yeah goes without saying but I got all excited like. cool we coming to the tube with 2024 material 😀

[@lpha420]

back when vice had cred

[@theendurance]

Vice would never make something this good in 2024. Now it’s all trans gay nonsense

[@ponz-]

@@theendurancecap they did the one in Iran end or last year beginning of this year? It was about the Islamic women revolution in Iran, I can’t remember when it came out but solid work. Whatever that girl Yueng I think her name is does a report it’s on point. They just did one on Taiwan another on Russia both good. I’m not a fan of politics in reporting but I remember when Obama was president they gave it to him every chance they got. They gave it to him about the drone program, Snowden and so on. If they do it to both sides I’m good with it. If your feelings got hurt because they made fun of orange Jesus then wipe your tears and stop watching.

[@SpiritMover314]

3 words: The Patriot Act And, America was never the same.

[@waynehendrix4806]

It's amazing that they created a patriot act, and then targeted patriots. Maybe that's why they named it that.

[@SpiritMover314]

@@waynehendrix4806 Wouldn’t doubt it.

[@nietzschebietzsche]

Yep, I was explaining to someone yesterday regarding my pessimism that in the United States, those growing up after the patriot act have come up in a starkly different reality than those before.

[@SpiritMover314]

@@nietzschebietzsche Yes……👌🏾. My awakening was at 22yrs. old, when Busch and his brother stole the Presidential election in 2000……First time as an adult, I realized the world is rigged.

[@cataniamommaitalia87]

That's ignorant of you to think the Patriot Act started all this. ... Unfortunately, most Americans are as ignorant as you. Go read Executive Order 12333 from 1981. There is literally NO LAW allowing the government to violate the Constitution. All of this surveillance can stop by repealing that one Executive Order. Libertarians, like myself, have been trying like hell to get that one Order repealed. Obama wouldn't do it even though I personally asked him to do it. Biden wouldn't do it because he wants surveillance expanded. If Trump is reelected I'll will pursue him to revoke that EO once and for all.

[@shubhamsingh6774]

NSA spying on Americans, and China spying on NSA 😂

[@RM-lk1so]

The Bolloon is all that China needs. And well..... Tick tock... And all the farm land. And police stations in highrise s. Lmao. JB and his cronies sold out to China years ago. Same with Pelosi

[@aviavi4717]

As a patriotic American i’m so heart broken and saddened to discover the Constitution means nothing anymore . The more i learn the more my heart breaks 😢

[@KellyeR1970]

When people say Trump or anyone else is a threat to democracy, we should all cheer that on. Democracy is mob rule, two wolves and a lamb deciding on what's for dinner. We are supposed to have a constitutional republic where individual rights are protected, not a democracy. Whenever you hear anyone saying so and so is trying to destroy our democracy they are the enemy. Our government is quickly becoming an Democratic Authoritarian country, and that must be stopped at all costs. I'm a Voluntaryist ,which is basically Anarchy light. If government actually followed the constitution, things would be great. I wouldn't mind having government because we would be free, not the free-range slaves we've turned into. The Constitutional Republic is dead because people got greedy and the people became weak ,dumb, turned from God , care more about virtue signaling than actually having real virtue and for some reason don't care about being free while loving the boot of government on their neck .

[@LG-cf4dl]

Why does everyone get so wrapped up in the mass collection of data by the NSA (who could really care less about the masses) - but ignores the mass surveillance and collection of data by corporations - who then monetize every last bit of what we do for corporate and personal gain?! I would very much appreciate all the alleged do-gooders and journalists to engage in stopping and preventing that. Please - and thank you!

[@El_Peto]

You do have a point there

[@escapeearth2327]

Absolutely true!

[@mpsmps8966]

WHY TRUST THE GOVERNMENT

[@BabyKnxckz]

Goverment should be for the ppl companys not asmuch, also sometimes its the goverment pushing the company to collect even more data. Also ppl are getting mad at the companys for collecting user data in the eu actually did little bit about it.

[@pixygypsy]

What makes you so sure the NSA doesn't sell it too?

[@optimusprinceps6412]

This coming off the heels of FISA is too perfect

[@Bluelightning23]

It's kind of a double-edged sword. If they can stop terrorist acts, that would be good, but at the same time, they're surveiling people who aren't doing anything, but how do you know unless you look? What sucks is having to react to a terrorist actions rather than stopping it.

[@sd906238]

The NSA's data center near Salt Lake City uses so much power to cool their servers that it has it's own gas turbine power plant on site.

[@meatball6930]

Yeah that’s why they started moving them to the Poles. Zuckerberg moved his to Antarctica.

[@paladro]

that's about redundancy as much as anything...

[@dilekavan5796]

Global warming is no good then

[@novafiddler1712]

That’s most data centers…

[@trumpsAnti-Christs]

ran by mormons who support trump

[@chessman70]

I'm surprised people actually thought that they had privacy.

[@infiniteinspiration1628]

I know how delusional 😅😅😅😅and omg the privacy statements that they read out in banks and Telecommunications it's sooooooo hilarious 😂 😃 😄 😁 🤣 they print these statements out tooooooooo😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@preshisify1]

👍

[@user-ow3xu3go1g]

Thete is no privacy, it's sickening

[@cheesium238]

It's not about living in a vacuum of perfect secrecy. But to make it really costly for them to get you in a dragnet. Go get yourself a good FOSS router, a laptop with coreboot/libreboot, an OS with decent attack surface mitigation, plan your networking, get a phone with sensible defaults with no google but with top notch security or no phone at all. And above all: get your threat model straight, otherwise you're just thrashing around.

[@preshisify1]

@@cheesium238 that's dumb, you cannot buy a jug of milk, loaf of bread or a roll of toilet paper without Google or Internet Explorer, go into a store without being on camera, or pictures of me, sitting on my bed, inside my home, in 2007, with no phonec and no computer, online, and it's 2024, besides listen to a transistor radio with batteries 😑 WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, or thermal imaging through my bedroom windows in June 2003, besides "third party doctrine" ☕🇺🇲

[@SembuaHumpdediddle]

It won't be long time until we hear the angels singin a song of victory.

[@ShamrockShanrock-ip5tx]

EVERY SINGLE HOUSE MEMBER EXCEPT 19 VOTED 2CONTINUE 2DO WARRANTLESS SEARCHES ON AMERICANS.

[@RM-lk1so]

But not their own. Sounds like OLIGARCHY to me

[@tizzroy5769]

He blew the whistle and put his life at risk and stoicly went "Yeah ... history was at stake." What a real one

[@BabyKnxckz]

Thats the sad part ppl either want it or dont mind. Wich from a democratic point of view means we just gotta roll with it. And if you look at china... you can push ppl very far and make them accept it so maybe thats just where every goverment is heading in the future

[@333joshuaperezzz]

@@BabyKnxckz *Americans do something Americanly* What are we a bunch of asians!!1?1!?1

[@gypsylotusblossom777]

​​@@BabyKnxckzexactly the problem is theres people like me that rather die first than have them controlling me like that

[@YourMomLivesHere]

Not sure why but Vice completely ignored a trio of amazing patriots in Bill Binney, Ed Loomis and Kirk Wiebe who blew the whistle on Trailblazer and the billions wasted- Binney was one of the inventors of Thin Thread; *not nearly enough American citizens* are aware of who these men are, nor the sacrifices they’ve made on our behalf.

[@rossrainwater5619]

​@@YourMomLivesHere ❤

[@eyadokid]

Stop reposting Vice 2016 Documentaries. Pay your Journalists and get them out in the thick of it like they used to be.

[@Yourmission9]

I wish for that too, but they went bankrupt so my guess is they’ll keep regurgitating the old documentaries for ad revenue

[@paulywalnutz5855]

vice got co-opted by the same forces that are in cahoots with the nsa lol. that why it died it became an establishment puff piece printer

[@snowflakemelter7171]

​@@Yourmission9Delighted. Go woke, go broke. Bye bye vice 😂

[@LedNe0nDevil]

For 20sec attention span normies? Might as well repost, so that what is important and not resolved, stay present.

[@suminshizzles6951]

@@LedNe0nDevil Ifollow a drummer and he now has at least two drum tutorials on how to drum THE part to the song Don't you forget about me by Simple Minds

[@WAC-qh6mk]

Remember the chief's word salad last time about holding themselves to a higher standard ,If it weren't for double standards, the police would have no standards at all.

[@LuisGonzalez-xv4zz]

So how exactly are we supposed to keep our country safe without listening? And those complaining, what is it (specifically) that you are complaining about? The safer we want to be, the more we have to give. How has (specifically) the NSA used any information to hurt any US of A citizens? Give specifics please. I am lost...

[@danielscg22]

When you feel alone, know that NSA will always listen to you.

[@KillerButcher]

Awwww sweet💗

[@LyricsQuest]

And just like your gold fish, won't say anything back.

[@KillerButcher]

@@LyricsQuest I am fish!🐟 two fishes 🐟 🐟

[@infiniteinspiration1628]

Awwwwww never alone 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@infiniteinspiration1628]

​@@KillerButchervery compassionate hey ❤❤❤❤😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@evaander]

I hope my nsa agent is reading this, I hope you’re doing well big bro

[@Sammyli99]

bit lame, that! You must be Gen Z...made by NSA zapping Mom.

[@Boomhauersdad]

Thanks 😂

[@jaclynhughes5025]

I was thinking something similar lol 😂

[@thehoneydeev]

Or big sis 😅

[@waynehendrix4806]

Thanks.

[@Lampwick-dz1zq]

What do you think smart phones are for they know everything , what you do , where you go , what you buy , what you talk about . EVERYTHING .

[@RM-lk1so]

Yep. Try turning off geo tracking. And history for your maps. 🤯🤯🤣🤣🤣

[@Lampwick-dz1zq]

@@RM-lk1so - 🤣🤣 like that will make a difference . I see you don’t get it .

[@PTSDwithME]

As a retired plumber of the 82nd Special Kitchen Sink Clog division, I can tell you that the boys at TOA are no joke and they mean business.

[@nosdnarb]

🤣🤣👍

[@RM-lk1so]

So... When we the people Enact the 2nd A. We go after them.first

[@JosephNine]

WHEN YOU LEARN EVERYTHING ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE IN LIFE, YOU WIND UP LEARNING NOTHING ABOUT YOURSELF !

[@dilekavan5796]

And waste your life to collect for some info because of some dirty.minded paranoid ill thoughts and evil plans. Life is short. Live it

[@heartsky]

If listening is the same as trying to find something to arrest you for...then our government is the best listener around.

[@sharonhouse228]

His attitude is all wrong for that position! This is "OUR" country NOT the government's! Love from Iowa!

[@RM-lk1so]

Too bad the 2nd Is a childs wish. From Iowa as well. A fkn Joke. Plain and simple

[@tech-bore8839]

Sad thing is no matter how many times surveillance (government or companies) gets exposed, few people are willing to give up many of their technological conveniences. Worst part is they justify it to themselves with "Oh I can't live without my smartphone" or "GPS is a necessity". Few people try to think outside the box to mitigate any of it.

[@officialnotesonlifepodcast]

That is also the reason why this comment has so few likes.

[@x13xmonkey]

They just get all the information off social media that everyone gives up for free.😂

[@user-zs4jn4yx3w]

Yup. We fell for/on their "social media" 8:01 trap,hook ,line, & sinker Now they don't have to work 5hat hard at going person to person,we gathered up our friends for them👎👎

[@jaclynhughes5025]

I think they like me

[@RM-lk1so]

Buddy Zuck is always ready to help Big Bro

[@AECRADIO1]

Facebook proves insanity, daily. Giving out information that should NEVER be provided to anybody for any reason. Facebook users are STUPID!

[@placebogazebo9671]

My answer to this, "We need to crack encryption" is, "If you can't keep us secure without violating our rights, resign and we'll find someone who can". In the meantime, make sure to let thousands of unknown identities into the country. Yep. It all makes sense.

[@MoivinSulunker]

"There we'll shout and sing His praisins in that land forevermore."

[@pro_154]

The nsa actually listens to my problems and cares, meanwhile regular people just talk behind my back 😢😢😢😢😢😢 😂😂😂😂

[@infiniteinspiration1628]

😢😢😢😢

[@whitney9810]

Do they really though?

[@jaclynhughes5025]

They would know. Lol 😂

[@BoxingRestricted]

Now plz do a story on all the innocent citizens being watchlisted and called "non-investigative subjects" and having their lives destroyed

[@LewisDM]

Why would they get put on that list in the first place?

[@001HK0]

@@LewisDM Vindictive ex in the NSA? Selected at random because an NSA agent thought it would be funny? There's no oversight so there doesn't need to be a reason. They've got all of your nudes and all your family members' too btw, and they're trading them.

[@BoxingRestricted]

​@@LewisDMJust going to a PTA meeting or protesting the mask mandate got parents labeled "terorists" and thrown on the list

[@BoxingRestricted]

​@@LewisDMppl are using the agencies as vengence for hire.

[@beetoven8193]

Umm, what? Like, don't you get tired of pretending to be a target of the the government? If you do anything to get their attention, it's either very good, or very bad.

[@macdaddyblues1]

Man, this guy does all of that and still has time to coach Pro football... impressive

[@matheuspassos2611]

Guys, Snowden showed why never leave devices (computer, notebook, tablet and smartphones) without intelligent security tools. Use encryption, VPNs, Proxychains, antimalware, firewalls, open source browsers, among others.

[@Si-Toecutter]

And proved why non of that prevents anything

[@ibrahimelmi210]

none of that matters. it helps but things like your computer chips have backends in them already. this is why hardware hacking is the most dangerous. and if NSA really wants you they have tech built on basic things like radio that can be used to monitor your whole life.

[@anticom6099]

Breaking through all of those things is their raison d’être.

[@laughingvampire7555]

the people who are supposed to protect us have become our greatest threat

[@ZoeMango]

Ugh. Please.

[@Roman_LaFleur]

Absolutely 😮

[@ShadowF305]

LMAO

[@AnhNguyen-rm1hd]

NSA is the greatest threat to those with anti-America sentiments.

[@pissiole5654]

What threat are they to you? so what if they have copies of the 1000s of memes you probably share and your various youtube comments. They've been doing it for close to two decades and what impact has it had on you thus far? unless you're in cahoots with terrorists or selling drugs i doubt it has any tangible impact on you or your life

[@jason4275]

NSA is proof anything you do is not protected online.

[@LyricsQuest]

Think NSA stands for.... Not Safe Anymore?

[@nonino1644]

Not a damn thing! They know who everyone is and where everyone is.

[@user-gz4ve8mw9l]

When was it ever?

[@LyricsQuest]

@@user-gz4ve8mw9l Easy, before October 2001.

[@LyricsQuest]

@@user-gz4ve8mw9l Pre patriot act.

[@BIGGYMIC63]

This means the NSA has started watching yt people, more often than anyone else ijs

[@user-pk8fs6dj8e]

This was a massive attack on decent people.😮

[@ygh114]

The best hackers never get close to government groups like NSA. These losers need permission to hack lawfully. Should tell you enough about their capabilities of defense.

[@Rose-jr4tx]

Ironically, a Google algorithm recommended this video to me.

[@peggysue5025]

Really!

[@truthprevails5760]

Thanks Google.

[@kryptonik1522]

NSA recommended it per your google algorithm to build their case against you.

[@AVAM..]

Measuring the current interest level and who is hot on the subject..

[@mitchellbeane1001]

The internet 🤣 in reality it's the fishing net 😅

[@IsraeliteTalkTV]

Like government would really let them put this out if it was so true. SMH

[@yyeezyy630]

Stopping them from releasing it would prove it is real

[@danielbuenrostro]

Nice try NSA, but I’m behind 11 proxies. I run KZbin in a headless browser with custom scripts to remove any tracking tags from links. My activity is actually bounced between various VPNs so my actual ip address is never given. To be extra safe, any time I want to watch a video I have the raw html printed on paper then faxed to a local animal shelter where a carrier pigeon flies the paper to the PO Box of one of my assistants who I pay to discreetly analyze for any oddities.

[@stevenclever]

🤔 Sounds like an airtight strategy 😄

[@A0891BNAS]

its over you used youtube. get a new pigeon

[@Mega_DP]

I hope the printer is dot matrix 😂

[@lx5xk]

Silly, I think your printer has a fingerprint though

[@nonino1644]

😂👏🏽 the good ole days. Is it still possible to send an email to a mobile phones text? Not email app.

[@DrWrapperband]

The NSA didn't notice 9/11 was going to happen? Pull the other one ........

[@Cristina-gw5zp]

Right

[@blakecarson6555]

I expect much better reporting than old and possibly misleading news from you all Vice. Both sides were presented, but there is an apparent slant in the editing and screen time. You all had exceptional reporting for so long. You can still be exceptional.

[@catherinedonnelly1025]

What can happen is they keep all the information of everybody everywhere So if they want to get somebody or set them up, they just go through all this information, find something they think might hurt the person

[@warehouse_rust]

This is from 2016, DO NOT BE MISLEAD

[@phoenixmodellingphotography]

LOL "mislead"

[@Waldemarvonanhalt]

The US government read the plot of Deus Ex and thought to themselves, "Yes, this is exactly what we want!"

[@99sentcoins]

😂 I was hacked and computer "geniuses" claim they can get past it. It's been 17 years now and not 1 person can get past the hack. I once offered $50,000 to anyone successful. Nobody could do it. They really didn't want me to show you what I recorded.

[@trentp151]

8:54 "if you want to hack into systems, "lawfully," the only game in town is the government." Let's be clear... warant-less wiretapping was already struck down as a 4th Amendment violation. It was unlawful before, and it's unlawful now, no matter how many rules you put into place.

[@coolorphans]

I use the NSA as free cloud storage. I just retrieve my data back from an insider I have with them.

[@LyricsQuest]

Your college comp sci friend joined the NSA?

[@coolorphans]

Yes@@LyricsQuest

[@user-zs4jn4yx3w]

😂😂😂

[@xcofcd]

You're on the "They Know" watchlist now...

[@zmblion]

I don't care what "they" know and "they" can lick the dirt right off my brown 👁️

[@Skyborn-]

In 1947, the UK/USA Agreement was replaced by the NSA treaty, which, in turn, created a new organization that monitors all forms of communication. Canada was a signatory to the NSA treaty, just as it was a signitory to the UK/USA treaty.

[@element5092]

The question is... What are they concerned about, us or those that mean to harm us? My opinion is they want to monitor to become aware when people discover their evil intentions. When people discover what kind of atrocities those certain people commit. When available tech leaks and people uncover a view into what's REALLY happening.

[@ronaldcoleman9370]

Why didn't you bring up the "SIGNALS" Program and the "FIVE EYES" in this mass Surveillance (which is a massive part of World Surveillance and what and who they go after!!!

[@chrys3073]

Ever heard of TARGETED INDIVIDUALS??

[@brontesegard8305]

This video is 8 years old.

[@AdrianMunch]

I’ve read or heard somewhere that even if you turn off your cellphone you can still be tracked.

[@SapphireEm3rald]

It can

[@LyricsQuest]

It's true. Modern cellphones, with removable batteries, even have backup batteries for the tracker/microphone.

[@inadad8878]

by your biological frequencies

[@clawbdah]

Oh yeah, most phones no longer have a removable battery, but they can store power in chips & turn on a mike at any time... but bleep phones Yer tv microwave & anything Bluetooth or smart does the same.. freaking vacuums spy on you.. and other governments too... & As this states or implies private parties can gather info illegal for .gov to grab, but there is no law saying .gov can't then purchase that data

[@kdsowen2882]

YEP ! plus they can activate the mic and camera...but not if you go 'Sym-less'

[@SkeeterHowitzer]

while the group goes after terrorists, that's not all that it does. one group.

[@charliefu7870]

This country when they say “national security” be ready to give up your rights, your business, your privacy and everything. Big brother is watching you. They can do whatever they want.

[@blacksad23]

My biggest fascination is what, if any, contingencies are taken to prevent capture of this security apparatus from organized criminals or any shadow faction that would abuse it for personal gain? When you've got the biggest stick that gives you the authority to tell everyone what to do, the stick itself becomes the prize, right?

[@LucyDoo-mr1ts]

That's already happened

[@danimotherofchickens479]

Because they work with those shadow fractions

[@user-zs4jn4yx3w]

😮Arent they, the NSA & govt servants THE organized criminals, against humanity??

[@nonino1644]

THIS!!! Under rated comment! 🏆💡

[@peerlessindifference]

A Palantír is a dangerous tool, Saruman.

[@boreal2345]

That's kind of the point, and it's a bit sinister...

[@Sammyli99]

Yep, as the Snake entered Eden, and so since 1948.....BC

[@samlopez1013]

How, They keep allowing this American Citizens surveillance to continue

[@wartable]

Dude was in the Chair Force for sure….how do people in our military become so fat??

[@bigmanforce]

But can they see why kids love cinnamon toast crunch?

[@SheenHunter-SeattleFreeze]

I still do!

[@jason4275]

no, they don't need to sell data, they get a cut of that $800 billion U.S. tax payers gives every year.

[@BicycleFunk]

Funniest comment I've read so far this year. Thank you.

[@jaycho6747]

Silly Rabbit, Trix are for kids.

[@dix_pack_of_sixie]

But neither has hearts, stars, horseshoes, clovers and blue moons, pots of gold and rainbows, and the red balloons.

[@GroovyVideo2]

Drake and Snowden are American Heroes

[@CrazyKazy]

Free Julian assange!

[@infiniteinspiration1628]

Yess❤❤❤❤

[@billwendell6886]

Tell that to the families of the operatives he killed. To the families of terror victims because the bad guys didn't get caught.

[@bwedmore]

I have said it from day 1. Snowden did not give up a great job and his life in America if it were not serious. I sure miss reporters with integrity and enough balls to do the job (even if it cost them their great jobs also). just saying. no rebels anymore, Hunter S. we miss you.

[@strophosgaming5998]

@@billwendell6886 very easy to label good and bad no? if you are an operative for a government working against another government, your in the game. You should be aware that a slip up will lead you in jail or dead

[@drivenbullet260]

I have an app that constantly loads NSFW videos just to load up their servers. They have a great collection now.

[@shadowsanddust2]

Does the average employee turn off the Hacked information when they go home?

[@Drax_Corrandd]

_"Whatta you gonna do about it? Exactly, nothing. Sit down."_ *- NSA*

[@Gigusx]

Pretty much comes down to this. Everyone knows, everyone barks, and nobody can do anything about it anyway.

[@kennymichaelalanya7134]

Hopefully one day it can be abolished.

[@nonino1644]

😅 exactly! I’ll sit down but won’t stfu!😂

[@IonorRea]

You can do things about it, the trouble is that encrypted communication which the government cannot crack is illegal and people or companies trying to challenge that are being blackmailed by the government and put on trials as if they were Trump wanting reelection, that's why you have purpose-built backdoors everywhere, as was the case of phone calls, which were purposely designed so police officers can listen if they received permission from a judge...

[@user-kx5fl4wn5m]

They put the back door in the devices before they put them out mass distribution

[@Sammyli99]

TOYS are designed and re-designed to ensure "total observation", the Hacks, and pretend crack-softwares are just a Feel-Safe-Game.

[@kmered1]

Americans will watch this whole thing and still be like "omg how could china do this?"

[@lonewulfmo9128]

This is when Americans become too smart for their own trousers. Now look at your government bruh.

[@bobsmith6079]

0:00 Fun fact not mentioned in the video, this is the NSA repository of all the intercepted data from phone calls, emails, internet and it's located in the Army's Camp Williams in southern Salt Lake County. The aphorism they quoted in the video "If you have nothing to hide then you have nothing to fear" is on a concrete sign located in front of the entrance and all the facility is filled with hard drives containing exabytes of data constantly being drawn from the internet. Between the building and the computer storage it's a multibillion dollar facility that spends $65 million per year on electricity alone.

[@bobsmith6079]

@@Non-finite-Dimensionality You know it's a NSA classified facility. How many ICBM silos have you toured or CIA black sites or how about the bioweapons labs at Fort Dietrick? As for the facility it's got a page on Wikipedia if you want to read about it.

[@bobsmith6079]

@@Non-finite-Dimensionality Try Uber

[@LucyDoo-mr1ts]

I hope one day this twisted sign & this site becomes a memorial of our lost freedom & exactly where it went. Like Na/zi Germany, we are completely fcked

[@dix_pack_of_sixie]

It houses zetabytes...let that sink in. So if you get on the radar, they would only need to parse the data on you for persuasion and/or prosecution.

[@bobsmith6079]

@dix_pack_of_sixie Wikipedia says it has 12 exabytes and there are 1024 exabytes in a zettabyte but nothing surprises in storage or Moore's Law and who knows what they can do with $65 million of electricity.

[@Cavemankind_]

How do you think targets are discovered… via mass surveillance. Mass surveillance- keyword searches- narrow down to prime target(s).

[@waynehendrix4806]

Keyword - pop tarts.

[@pleasantlyblue7425]

Thank you for sharing and I am looking forward for more justice.🥰

[@H_avox_]

I love how the discussion is so US centric to the point where you can imagine that the whole world lives in the USA. I’m glad there’s no one that the government has to contend with and that Russia and China have decided that hacking and espionage is unethical. Any discussion of the NSA without global context is just piss poor journalism.

[@Istiqamahinsights]

All of their sophistication shined liked a bright star when they retreated from Afghanistan.

[@shirelleharris9729]

Everytime you speak or think about something it pop's up on my phone.🤔 Someone's always listening

[@TheAwareHuman]

The crazy thing is that even Trump looks at Snowden and Assange as traitors

[@SkeeterHowitzer]

anybody in the government, who is not supporting his needs, is not doing his job.

[@Moon_Presence]

The NSA is my Valentine every year, because they are always there for me and listen to me.