The government isn't interested in keeping you safe. They're interested in keeping their interests safe. Your privacy rights are just collateral damage in the war on anything that challenges their power structure.

Stay the fuck out of my business and I will take care of mine and my loved ones safety, thank you very much

Obongo is at it again :/

From an old YouTube comment: "Benjamin Franklin is spinning in his grave so fast over Obama's bullshit, we could put a magnet on his body and copper coils around him and power the whole fucking nation on him alone."

Why yes, we want a goverment that looks for every fucking loophole to blatantly violate the spirit of the bill of rights to have unfeathered access to our personal lives.

We need to sacrifice Obama for our safety, more like.

Barry the Bummer.

Sorry, if we have to give up privacy for safety, then I'm prepared to sacrifice any and all conveniences that would make the world think loss of privacy is a necessity. If my smartphone is a liability, then I don't want it. Ban smartphones. I want privacy.

i'm willing to sacrifice the privacy of the FBI in order to be protected from them.

Translation: Americans need to sacrifice privacy so the government feels safe.

how else will you stop Supreme Leader Clinton from conquering the galaxy?

Yea sure Mr O. Let's see that book of secrets while we're disclosing everything.

Obama (the most transparent president ever) can begin by actually being transparent. He can release all of his private communications to the world and then disband the secret service. If it's good enough for me it should be good enough for him. Fuck this asshole.

I would disagree with him. There can be a common ground.

I have to disagree. Techies (referring to the smartest ones) are pretty volatile like many extraordinarily intelligent people. You see guys who can easily understand complex logic problems and write incredible code who think that ability passes to other subjects. Yes, many are vehemently opposed to spying on them but, at the same time, may think they know best and may come to the conclusion that they should be spying on the idiot masses. Especially with the right nudge from the right person. Lets call the PotUS that person in this case.

Look at the top engineers in this country - they all work at google, facebook, MS, etc - the most intrusive companies in the world.

Exactly.

Wow.. I voted for the man, and this pisses me right off. Especially starting off the gate by comparing it to the TSA, and being wrong on several counts:

We don't 'accept' the TSA, we had them rammed down our throats. They're nothing more than a very costly security theater and have been from the start. The new scanners they got are worse than the old metal detectors in many ways, and for all the hassle, aggravation and pain they cause the average traveller, they have caught precisely ZERO terrorists.

Actually, it's likely an apt analogy for his forced phone unlocking. It's a method that's a pain in everyone's ass, tramples on the rights of american citizens, and will do nothing to catch actual terrorists.

Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759 US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, & printer (1706 - 1790)

Fuck his black ass lives matter.

So retarded amounts of job security and a guaranteed pension?

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

~Benjamin Franklin

Ben Franklin might have had an issue with this.

Obama just needs to go

I feel bad using a tragedy in this way, but:

Of course giving up privacy is good, it stopped those attacks in Paris! I mean, good thing they were using unencrypted communication! Oh, you mean it was sent clear text, yet it did no good?

In a word...no. To be perfectly clear...Oh FUCK no.

Also, if there were any remaining illusions that O is nothing short of a total sell-out, this statement should completely dispel them.