Originally Posted by QuantumMeruit
But the issue came up in the context of whether Flyertalk has DHS "minders". I think the fact that Flyertalk may be subject to (hypothetical) data mining by government contractors (or others) doesn't rise to the level of "minders", because actually doing something with the data being mined here strikes me as ridiculously difficult.
We are not talking just about automated trolling and fishing bots.
Originally Posted by QuantumMeruit
And, self-importance aside, how many people on Flyertalk arise to the level of someone on Hoover's "enemies" list?
Why ask questions that cannot be definitively answered or whose answers you may be incapable of verifying?