{"id":11733,"date":"2013-07-12T12:58:39","date_gmt":"2013-07-12T17:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sequenceinc.com\/fraudfiles\/?p=11733"},"modified":"2013-07-12T13:01:53","modified_gmt":"2013-07-12T18:01:53","slug":"all-the-ways-the-u-s-government-spies-on-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sequenceinc.com\/fraudfiles\/all-the-ways-the-u-s-government-spies-on-americans\/","title":{"rendered":"All the Ways the U.S. Government Spies on Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"us-government-spying-on-americans\"<\/a>Yesterday, Barry Ritholtz posted an amazing and eye-opening piece on just how much the United States government is spying on Americans<\/a>. It is shocking, and demonstrates that almost nothing we do is private anymore.<\/p>\n

Here it is in a nutshell:<\/p>\n

The American government is in fact collecting and storing virtually every phone call, purchases, email, text message, internet searches<\/a>, social media communications<\/a>, health information, employment history, travel and student records<\/a>, and virtually all other information of every American.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Many Americans wrongly believe that the government is only spying on the “bad guys.” Nothing could be further from the truth. The government is collecting loads of data on all of us, regardless of whether we are suspected of crimes or not. (And of course, the data is all collected in violation of the laws that are supposed to protect us from unreasonable search and seizure and other such acts by the government.) This data is not just collected, it is retained (for all eternity, I’m afraid), and who knows when and how it could be used against any of us.<\/p>\n

Here is a brief summary of some of the most shocking itemsfor those who are too lazy and disinterested to read all the details:<\/p>\n