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    • Baron Silas Greenback
      Baron Silas Greenback last edited by Baron Silas Greenback

      L J Ritchie  /  Oct 24, 2016  /  Books

      Nicky Hager: “‘If you’ve done nothing wrong, you’ve got nothing to fear’ is like a slogan from a police state”

      Nicky Hager: “‘If you’ve done nothing wrong, you’ve got nothing to fear’ is like a slogan from a police state”

      Is there any such thing as privacy in the age of social media and smart phones? Exciting new YA thriller novelist LJ Ritchie talks to author Nicky Hager about the realities - and unjustified fears - of state surveillance.

      " It is awful if people wonder needlessly whether someone is reading their private email, or decides they’d better not be involved in politics, or generally shrinks down and limits who they are because of an unnecessary fear of surveillance. Because, unfortunately, the fear that we’re being watched does almost as much damage as the reality would."

      How can Hager be so incredibly unaware? I think he literally profited from hacking private emails of more than one person!

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      • taniwharugby
        taniwharugby last edited by taniwharugby

        Hagar is a Grade A fluffybunny.

        fuunily last week I was discussing something via e-mail with one of my clients, and thought shit I wonder if these e-mails will get flagged.

        He is a bee keeper and sells hives with live bees in them, and they call them nukes.

        So in e-mails to him and a couple of third parties I was discussing him selling nukes....

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        • Crucial
          Crucial @Baron Silas Greenback last edited by

          @Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Stunning lack of self awareness...:

          L J Ritchie  /  Oct 24, 2016  /  Books

          Nicky Hager: “‘If you’ve done nothing wrong, you’ve got nothing to fear’ is like a slogan from a police state”

          Nicky Hager: “‘If you’ve done nothing wrong, you’ve got nothing to fear’ is like a slogan from a police state”

          Is there any such thing as privacy in the age of social media and smart phones? Exciting new YA thriller novelist LJ Ritchie talks to author Nicky Hager about the realities - and unjustified fears - of state surveillance.

          " It is awful if people wonder needlessly whether someone is reading their private email, or decides they’d better not be involved in politics, or generally shrinks down and limits who they are because of an unnecessary fear of surveillance. Because, unfortunately, the fear that we’re being watched does almost as much damage as the reality would."

          How can Hager be so incredibly unaware? he literally profited from hacking private emails of more than one person!

          I think you need to add a 'the' before 'hacking' in that otherwise correct statement there Baron.

          As it reads you are accusing him directly.

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          • Baron Silas Greenback
            Baron Silas Greenback @Crucial last edited by Baron Silas Greenback

            @Crucial

            Yes I am. I think he planned and instigated it. To me that is the same as hacking.

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            • Crucial
              Crucial @Baron Silas Greenback last edited by

              @Baron-Silas-Greenback what you think and what is proven fact are two different things. Is it smart use of this forum to make libellous claims against an obviously litigious person?

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              • Baron Silas Greenback
                Baron Silas Greenback @Crucial last edited by Baron Silas Greenback

                @Crucial

                It is not libellous. It is my belief .... if I had stated it as fact then he might. But I am allowed to hold an opinion on who hacked the emails. Free speech is not actually dead yet. No matter how hard the regressive left try to make it so.

                The major defenses to defamation are:
                truth.
                the allegedly defamatory statement was merely a statement of opinion.
                consent to the publication of the allegedly defamatory statement.
                absolute privilege.
                qualified privilege.
                retraction of the allegedly defamatory statement.

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                • Crucial
                  Crucial @Baron Silas Greenback last edited by

                  @Baron-Silas-Greenback
                  I'm not trying to catch you out. Did you edit that first post or did I misread it first time?
                  Either way I agree there is nothing wrong with you stating your opinion. I just thought you had inadvertently overstepped the bounds.

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                  • Baron Silas Greenback
                    Baron Silas Greenback last edited by

                    I changed it. Because as much as I think there was nothing wrong with it, it was the easiest way to avoid the distraction.

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                    • Kirwan
                      Kirwan @Baron Silas Greenback last edited by

                      @Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Stunning lack of self awareness...:

                      I changed it. Because as much as I think there was nothing wrong with it, it was the easiest way to avoid the distraction.

                      Smart, you may be right but how much do you want to spend to prove it?

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                      • Baron Silas Greenback
                        Baron Silas Greenback @Kirwan last edited by Baron Silas Greenback

                        @Kirwan

                        More than Hager would be prepared to pay. In fact i reckon I could crowd source quite a hefty sum just based on people who loathe him.
                        Dont tempt me to change it back....

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                        • Hooroo
                          Hooroo @Baron Silas Greenback last edited by

                          @Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Stunning lack of self awareness...:

                          @Kirwan

                          More than Hager would be prepared to pay. In fact i reckon I could crowd source quite a hefty sum just based on people who loathe him.
                          Dont tempt me to change it back....

                          I reckon you're too lazy to try...................

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                          • Baron Silas Greenback
                            Baron Silas Greenback @Hooroo last edited by

                            @Hooroo I reckon you are correct.

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                            • aucklandwarlord
                              aucklandwarlord @Baron Silas Greenback last edited by

                              @Baron-Silas-Greenback I'd chuck some money to that fund...

                              Funnily enough, I don't think he's the sort of guy who reads a sports forum anyway...

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                              • jegga
                                jegga @aucklandwarlord last edited by

                                @aucklandwarlord said in Stunning lack of self awareness...:

                                @Baron-Silas-Greenback I'd chuck some money to that fund...

                                Funnily enough, I don't think he's the sort of guy who reads a sports forum anyway...

                                Believe it or not the little weirdo is actually a qualified builder.

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                                • Bones
                                  Bones last edited by

                                  Annnnd @jegga outs himself as Hager.

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                                  • jegga
                                    jegga @Bones last edited by jegga

                                    @Bones said in Stunning lack of self awareness...:

                                    Annnnd @jegga outs himself as Hager.

                                    Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaark off.

                                    And whoever clicks like on that shit.

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                                      • Kirwan
                                        Kirwan @jegga last edited by

                                        @jegga said in Stunning lack of self awareness...:

                                        @Bones said in Stunning lack of self awareness...:

                                        Annnnd @jegga outs himself as Hager.

                                        Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaark off.

                                        And whoever clicks like on that shit.

                                        Calm down Nicky.

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                                        • jegga
                                          jegga @Kirwan last edited by

                                          @Kirwan shut it JAFA

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                                            reprobate last edited by

                                            j is pronounced h in some languages, and e as a for that matter... now where's that favourite conspiracy theory thread.

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