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Genious making micro payments in order to protest the outsourcing of some billing aspects to the US in wich the patriot act may effect his privacy

Yes, because the people using the patriot act are going to concentrate on 62 year old retired councillors. Makes perfect sense.

Yes, because the people using the patriot act are going to concentrate on 62 year old retired councillors. Makes perfect sense.
They could if they felt like it
He did not like the potential loophole around the privacy statement he signed up for, I wouldent either if I found out that my privacy statement had to be modified to the extent that his can be because of where they outsource some billing services to.

Personaly I would just not use their services anymore, but I still found this funny lol

Yeah, someone should tell him the US government can look at his bank statements anyway. It's called the NSA.

Hmmmm... things to think of.

And in principle I agree with him. There is a strong relationship between people and their banks, and both sides have certain obligations. Handing over your private fiduciary information to an extraterritorial agency thereby possibly subjecting them to perusal by foreign government entities raises jurisdictional consequences that a Canadian should not expect to be subjected to.

And his technique, I might add, is brilliant. Legal, annoying, dissent.

Yes, he could just switch banks, but there are costs involved with that and inconveniences.

I applaud him his ingenuity.

Hmmmm... things to think of.

And in principle I agree with him. There is a strong relationship between people and their banks, and both sides have certain obligations. Handing over your private fiduciary information to an extraterritorial agency thereby possibly subjecting them to perusal by foreign government entities raises jurisdictional consequences that a Canadian should not expect to be subjected to.

And his technique, I might add, is brilliant. Legal, annoying, dissent.

Yes, he could just switch banks, but there are costs involved with that and inconveniences.

I applaud him his ingenuity.
Agreed :)

Agreed :)
You would probably be surprised at the amount of banking software that is run in places like Singapore, India, and China - a lot of what you think is local banking is outsourced.

I don't hear anyone crying about what China might glean from your bank information.

You would probably be surprised at the amount of banking software that is run in places like Singapore, India, and China - a lot of what you think is local banking is outsourced.

I don't hear anyone crying about what China might glean from your bank information.
If I found out that my bank changed from its normal procedure to a place that allowed that I too would be looking.
But I know my bank (in fact I was hired to do a lot of their networking) I am fine with where I am at :)

well i suppose it's the principle of the thing that matters

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Genious making micro payments in order to protest the outsourcing of some billing aspects to the US in wich the patriot act may effect his privacy
I suspect his concerns are overstated, but you do need to remember this:

"Us retired guys are the most dangerous, because we have time on our hands. You have to look for the weaknesses in their system, and I think I found it."

Mwahahahahahaha! :D

Yes, because the people using the patriot act are going to concentrate on 62 year old retired councillors. Makes perfect sense.
LOL! :D

Ya gotta watch out for us "old retired dudes!" MWahahahaha! :D

I suspect his concerns are overstated, but you do need to remember this:

"Us retired guys are the most dangerous, because we have time on our hands. You have to look for the weaknesses in their system, and I think I found it."

Mwahahahahahaha! :D
Lol kids tend to have a lot of time on their hands as well ...
Though statisticaly most security attacks are done by staff ... so usualy in their prime working age or right after

I suspect his concerns are overstated, but you do need to remember this:

"Us retired guys are the most dangerous, because we have time on our hands. You have to look for the weaknesses in their system, and I think I found it."

Mwahahahahahaha! :D
Lol kids tend to have a lot of time on their hands as well ...
Though statisticaly most security attacks are done by staff ... so usualy in their prime working age or right after