How many think this forum is gov't monitored?

[jgreiner]

After the slew of reports this past two weeks on gov't spying on US citizens, I am fairly convinced it is monitored.

 

[MikeDVB]

Sure, why not? Most of what all of us do is probably watched at some point or another.

It's all in the name of "safety" and "security."

 

[Scutter01]

I don't think it's monitored. I guarantee it. I've met some of them. Why the heck do you think the mods are so quick to ban people who bring up the "R" word?

 

[rambone]

Can you tell us more about who you met Scutter?

 

[Uncle Jrod]

Of course it is. Not that it matters. Every time you buy a gun, ammo, a holster, or anything that would identify a type of gun the gvt knows. Sort of an informal registry so they already know what we all have. Especially people on here willingly put out info on everything they have. So many people have doubts that the gvt is capable of spying on every single citizen, but any veteran will tell you we have no idea what they are capable of. Remember, the devil's greatest trick was convincing man he didn't exist. Muslims call America "the great Satan." Coincidence??

 

[Westside]

I don't think it's monitored. I guarantee it. I've met some of them. Why the heck do you think the mods are so quick to ban people who bring up the "R" word?

What scutter said!!!! This site is also monitored by local authorities as well. I know of several court cases where threads were printed and submitted as evidence in a case.

 

[MikeDVB]

What scutter said!!!! This site is also monitored by local authorities as well. I know of several court cases where threads were printed and submitted as evidence in a case.

Scary part is that so much of this is open to interpretation simply due to it being a text based medium with no inflection / emotion portrayed.

Way too easy to misconstrue what was said as though you were saying something else. Sad that it comes down to this.

 

[Fishersjohn48]

I don't think it's monitored. I guarantee it. I've met some of them. Why the heck do you think the mods are so quick to ban people who bring up the "R" word?

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[jgreiner]

Well, some things they will glean from this site:

1. Bacon is the only food group.
2. The only caliber to carry is .45 (thanks QUE)
3. Open Carry vs Conceal Carry is more contentious than Liberal vs Conservative.
4. Bad guys don't follow the rules.

 

[Fishersjohn48]

redacted.......

Wait, what happened to my post?

 

[MikeDVB]

Wait, what happened to my post?

The Beetles are not permitted around here!

 

[ggglobert9]

I hope it is monitored...maybe some of the dumb SOB's would learn something useful on here?

 

[MikeDVB]

I hope it is monitored...maybe some of the dumb SOB's would learn something useful on here?

They're not watching to learn, they're watching to profile and collect data.

I can only wish they would learn from some of what they read - but it's not in the job description.

 

[CarmelHP]

Scary part is that so much of this is open to interpretation simply due to it being a text based medium with no inflection / emotion portrayed.

Way too easy to misconstrue what was said as though you were saying something else. Sad that it comes down to this.

That's a good thing. Overload the PTB with ambiguous raw data. How do you analyze trillions of terabytes of information. The short answer is, you don't. Watching everyone is the functional equivalent of watching nobody.

 

[MikeDVB]

That's a good thing. Overload the PTB with ambiguous raw data. How do you analyze trillions of terabytes of information. The short answer is, you don't. Watching everyone is the functional equivalent of watching nobody.

That would be the case if they weren't selective when required.

That said - I'm 100% positive a lot of the monitoring/data collection/profiling is done in an automated fashion with a full search of some sort being available.

 

[JetGirl]

Why the heck do you think the mods are so quick to ban people who bring up the "R" word?

That wouldn't happen, but for you rabble-rousing reprobates, ranting and rabidly ratcheting up random radical retorts. Ridiculous. Really.

 

[Scutter01]

Well, some things they will glean from this site:

1. Bacon is the only food group.
2. The only caliber to carry is .45 (thanks QUE)
3. Open Carry vs Conceal Carry is more contentious than Liberal vs Conservative.
4. Bad guys don't follow the rules.

As already noted, several threads have already been entered into evidence in court. People love to spill their guts on INGO.

 

[MikeDVB]

That wouldn't happen, but for you rabble-rousing reprobates, ranting and rabidly ratcheting up random radical retorts. Ridiculous. Really.

...... maybe.

 

[GunnerDan]

From this point forward I will conducting business as usual that the government is listening to phone calls, cataloging said phone calls, watching internet searches, and collecting and analyzing everything we as CITIZENS are doing...

To the Government FLUNKY who is reading this, Burn in hell you worthless tyrant!

Gunner

 

[ATM]