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The NSA is spying on Angry Birds
According to dozens of previously undisclosed British intelligence documents, government spies may be exploiting popular apps to get their hands on our personal data. And – they've been doing it since at least 2007. Smart phone applications collect an amazing amount of our personal data – like our age, sex, and location – and intelligence agencies were delighted to find what they called a “Golden Nugget” of information.
While the scale and the details of this program at not completely clear, these documents show that the NSA and its British counterpart routinely collect information from apps, and and the data can be as personal as a user's political alignment or sexual orientation. Once again, we learn through leaked documents that our personal data is being spied on, and that our privacy is under attack.
When other government spying programs have been disclosed, agency officials have argued that data collection is necessary to keep us safe. It will be difficult to defend this program, because it's unlikely that international terrorists sit around playing Angry Birds.
Americans and people around the world are already furious over government spying programs, and this news isn't going to make anyone feel more secure about using their phones. It's going to take a massive movement to end government spying without a warrant, and it looks like now even app developers are going to have to get involved in this fight.
-Thom
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Monday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: Who's going to stand up for net neutrality?
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Thom Hartmann on the News: January 27, 2014
Caller: David Gregory is a GOP Shill!
Caller: The Left Needs to Stop With the "War on Women" Mantra!
DEA Chief Disagrees with Obama on Pot
Rand Paul is a Hypocrite!
Will a Higher Minimum Wage Save the Economy?
Who Backs the TPP & NAFTA on Steroids?
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Why is David Gregory Mum on Net Neutrality?
The Thom Hartmann Program - January 27, 2014
The Thom Hartmann Program - January 27, 2014 pt 2
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