Congress Passing A Bill That Allows For Unlimited Spying On Gamers

"America loves spying. Like seriously, they can't get enough of it. They've tapped the phones of some of the world leaders including Germany's Premier Angela Merkel, they've been snooping through Google and Facebook servers (supposedly) and to top it all off they want to know what you and your buddies chat about when you play Call of Duty." The Games Cabin

[BigBosss]

As if they aren't spying on us all anyways

[bobsmith]

who cares if ur not doin anythin bad and it helps catch criminals

[Swiggins]

"Those who give up liberty for security deserve neither" - Benjamin Franklin.

[S2Killinit]

Wow that guy was so ahead of his time.

[bleedsoe9mm]

Ben Franklin FTW

[dboyman]

I know these are quotes are from a fictional character but still...

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[LOGICWINS]

Why not allow someone to make sure you wash your hands before you leave a public bathroom?

You're gunna do it anyways right?

Don't u understand that the resources spent spying on non-criminals SHOULD be used on REAL criminals?

We're paying for the technology that allows this spying to go on. How could u be okay that your tax dollars are going towards some random middle aged fat guy at an undisclosed location watching you eat play games in your bed?

[Muzikguy]

This is such a sensationalist headline. Nothing is even being talked about in there.

@swiggins
Well said

[Kingdomcome247]

Fruity conversations? Lol.

[DanielEndurance]

So much for a free country...

[WeAreLegion]

I little misleading.

[Special-Agent-Milo]

If the NSA wants to see me play with my anal beads then more power to them..

[sovietsoldier]

if your a chick then i may just join them.

[aLucidMind]

Maybe they'll learn something, then. Best not learn the hard way that it's not like yanking a lawnmower cord >_<

[deaddragonz]

Dumbest thing ever -_-

[Kivespussi]

And this helps USA exactly how... Not like there'll be super secret terrorist planning going on in Call of Duty matches. If anything, it means that tax payers' money will go down the drain in times like this when the economy is declining when it should be used for something that actually helps the people

[bananaboats]

"And this helps USA exactly how"

They want to make sure that we're not aggressively eating our pizza and hot pockets after raging.

[memots]

How many moms jokes and treat can they listen to until they realized they should be doing something better with that money ?

[Donnywho]

Yea but I plan all my world domination schemes while playing NES.

[pyroxxx]

So they are making another law to work retroactively,.. Because they have been spying on all social networks,.. including games for years now,..

US is a lawless,.. and it is really sad,.. How do you go from a paragon of liberty and freedom to the whole world to a proto-fascist state in 65 years,..(it is probably even worse) It is scary

[MajorGecko]

we help the economy and give jobs to thousands of people with our habbits of playing games and yet we are treated like criminals or terrorists.

[aLucidMind]

The same can be said about any industry. While it is admirable that they want to counter criminals before they pull something on someone, this is the wrong way. While trust without skepticism is hollow, the "guilty until proven innocent" mindset the US has adopted is getting worse and worse.

[Deadpool616]

Of course this bill would pass secretly behind our backs. We blew up the SOPA Deathstar and we would've done the same to HR-4681 if we heard about it. We can only push for a VETO now. So it's all in the hands of the President of the United States. Suddenly I have that...you know...not so fresh feeling. (._.)

All we can do now is sign this petition https://petitions.whitehous... put our heads between our legs, and hope we don't have to kiss our privacy goodbye.

[Dark_king]

I am starting to think we should have all the Congress recorded 24/7(An I mean everything 0 privacy want to have some fun with the wife, well have fun its being streamed to youtube though).They are willing to take away our privacy they should have to give away theirs.

Edit:Wonder how much corruption this would get rid of, might be kind of hard to take bribes with everyone watching.

[jholden3249]

No, they'll make bribes right there in front of the whole country. They don't care, because nobody's going to do anything about it.

Remember the Affordable Health Care Act? Ya... I'll give your state 50 million dollars and allow your family to opt out as exempt if you sign this new bill. And you, we'll fund your state projects and allow you to opt out as exempt if you sign this bill.

Bill gets passed. People complain, like I'm doing now, but nothing can stop them from doing it.

[WheatBread]

What are they looking for?

[aLucidMind]

Maybe they're hoping to watch free porn via Kinect.

[urwifeminder]

This is great for streaming fans you can actually get a job watching people play games now great stuff.

[kurruptor]

Read the bill idiots. The bill does no such that the headline states.

This guy sums it up best.

http://www.reddit.com/r/tec...

[Master of Unlocking]

I wonder why noone has ever had the idea til now to make a game where you control a politician? That would be new, and could be really funny.

[mixelon]

http://store.steampowered.c... - Democracy 3 ..

A pretty fun/interesting/depressing game.

[S2Killinit]

What the heck?

[jhoward585]

Yeah, what the heck?

The Gov are going to do what ever they want regardless. My main concern with this is that can Sony server handle the load. Really, how much spying are they going to doing is the questions. If I were Sony I would make the Gov pay for maintenance OR have them help pay for extra server power.

[ironmonkey]

Doesnt america owe china trillions of dollars?

[jholden3249]

Roughly 1 trillion of the 16 trillion national debt is in bonds purchased by the Chinese.

So yeah, it's a lot of money, but just a small portion of the nation's total debt. Not sure if that says more about how little we owe the Chinese or just how far in debt we really are.

I think it says more about how far in debt we really are. One day the chickens are gonna come home to roost. Just hope I am old and retired by the time that happens...

[Gore-Content]

And it all started with some pissed off muslims.

[360ICE]

About time someone spied on us!

[Rick_Ross_Boss]

I'm waiting for the "USA! USA! USA!" comments. Would normally happen if this was a TV broadcast lol.

[LightDiego]

They will never get me.

[Ark_]

Imo they should do a honest cost-benefit analysis some time. Obesity, smoking, alcohol and traffic kills more ppl than terrorists, criminals and hackers will ever do. Put that money into social, health and ecucational programs, if you wanna do good for your people.

[mixelon]

Those things are going to kill a million times more civs than random boogie man nation of the moment. :) Could probably cut a lot of military spending and help the public instead.

And nothing's going to kill us like the inevitable destruction of the earth (lol, dark) so we should probably use a lot of it on our space and environmental programs too.

[Bakkies]

"They've built their own prison, so they exist in a state of schizophrenia. They're both guards and prisoners and as a result they no longer have, having been lobotomized, the capacity to leave the prison they've made, or to even see it as a prison." - My Dinner with Andre(1981).

[shaw98]

Oh fudge no. I am not settling for this crap. Dont you have something better to do then to use my tax money to spy on me. Cant yoy actually try to balance the budget or somthing?

[lildudexst]

Not on there watch list my life suck nothing spacial. Work,game,fuk,sleep and repeat. That it

[DoggyBiscuit]

Shit is getting so bad in America I might move to london

[PsyMonk3y]

If only we'd all listen....

P.L.U.R

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