Facebook + NSA = true; Don't use it();

Joe, a head chief within the NSA burps a little as he passes trough the server hall of Facebook's head quarter. He smacks Mark Zuckerberg on the butt and asks whether the spy reports are ready. Zuckerberg giggles. "Yes sire :3, here's all the private information about that neighbor Lars of yours you asked for". Joe gives Zuckerberg a lollipop and tells him that he has been a good dog. "Off you go now, little you :3" Joe says as he gives Zukerberg another push on the bum.

The report contains private messages between his neighbor Lars and that cross dresser that Joe secretly is so in love with. Joe has to monitor his every move, understand his routines, and puzzle the pieces together as he has learned in the CIA intelligence school.

Soon after that, Joe gets married. This is how it all started, but not really. Why are you acting so surprised?

Here are some interesting facts and personal experience as an intelligence officer (nothing fancy though). Throughout history, intelligence has been a vital mean for decisions and actions. It's an art that adapts to technology. What's being done now has pretty much always been done, at least for the past 100 years, and there are no exceptions in the timeline during that time. Intelligence organizations spy, it's what they do, and most of it goes unknown to the public. All this time, citizens has been no exception of intelligence interests.

You are living in a dream world if you believe that everything you do on Facebook won't be stored "forever". It's your diary right there, and CIA or NSA want to store that information. It's not surprising or shocking at all, it's not even evil, it's just what they do. It's their job. It's the nature of such an organization. For every intelligence organization there is, this type of behavior evolves with it "naturally", just like any military organization evolves to a killing machine (otherwise it wouldnt be what it is anymore).

Now, this NSA thing is a hot topic, so I just want to say this. Yes, they ARE reading and storing your diary, there is absolutely no question about it. You shouldn't let them, therefore you shouldn't use Faceook. Find new means of interaction. What about seeing each other IRL or talking to each other in the phone? Use a damned fake name on Facebook, talk about sensitive things privately via phone instead. Find other means of communications perhaps. And for the love of god, stop posting your duckface pictures on facebook, nobody cares, it makes Joe at NSA laugh.