<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel><title>Comments on: U.S. tapping Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Skype, Apple, and more</title> <atom:link href="https://insidecostarica.com/2013/06/07/u-s-tapping-microsoft-google-facebook-skype-apple-and-more/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>https://insidecostarica.com/2013/06/07/u-s-tapping-microsoft-google-facebook-skype-apple-and-more/</link> <description>Costa Rica&#039;s Leading English Language News Source</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2025 04:55:00 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.2</generator> <item><title>By: Randy Roden</title><link>https://insidecostarica.com/2013/06/07/u-s-tapping-microsoft-google-facebook-skype-apple-and-more/#comment-4648</link> <dc:creator>Randy Roden</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 09 Jun 2013 12:16:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://insidecostarica.com/?p=8699#comment-4648</guid> <description><![CDATA[Hey Guy!! Pay no attention to some of these comments. A lot of these people make these comments before they take their morning Meds. Then by noon, they need more. Want more proof? Look at the comments !!]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Guy!! Pay no attention to some of these comments. A lot of these people make these comments before they take their morning Meds. Then by noon, they need more. Want more proof? Look at the comments !!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Marcel M. Pfister</title><link>https://insidecostarica.com/2013/06/07/u-s-tapping-microsoft-google-facebook-skype-apple-and-more/#comment-4647</link> <dc:creator>Marcel M. Pfister</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 09 Jun 2013 01:46:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://insidecostarica.com/?p=8699#comment-4647</guid> <description><![CDATA[Look, Timothy. This publication calls itself: Inside Costa Rica. It&#039;s an English-language publication. So far, so fine. Having the headline read &quot;U.S. tapping Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Skype, Apple, and more&quot;, doesn&#039;t really go with the supposed focus of this publication.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Look, Timothy. This publication calls itself: Inside Costa Rica. It&#8217;s an English-language publication. So far, so fine. Having the headline read &#8220;U.S. tapping Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Skype, Apple, and more&#8221;, doesn&#8217;t really go with the supposed focus of this publication.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Timothy Williams</title><link>https://insidecostarica.com/2013/06/07/u-s-tapping-microsoft-google-facebook-skype-apple-and-more/#comment-4646</link> <dc:creator>Timothy Williams</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 22:18:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://insidecostarica.com/?p=8699#comment-4646</guid> <description><![CDATA[To say that ICR shouldn&#039;t cover this story because it isn&#039;t &quot;Costa Rica specific&quot; is like saying ICR shouldn&#039;t cover (international) Health news either, such as recent breakthroughs on MS.  The story above affects just about everyone in Costa Rica, who all use the services mentioned.  If you had already read this story elsewhere, no one forced you to re-read it here.  Skip it and move on.  But ICR staff took the time to actually hand-write the article, it isn&#039;t from a wire service, so no need to bash a writer&#039;s efforts to bring you news that might be relevant to you.  Every Spanish-language newspaper in Costa Rica covered it - should they have skipped over it because it didn&#039;t involve Costa Rica-based companies or the government here?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To say that ICR shouldn&#8217;t cover this story because it isn&#8217;t &#8220;Costa Rica specific&#8221; is like saying ICR shouldn&#8217;t cover (international) Health news either, such as recent breakthroughs on MS.  The story above affects just about everyone in Costa Rica, who all use the services mentioned.  If you had already read this story elsewhere, no one forced you to re-read it here.  Skip it and move on.  But ICR staff took the time to actually hand-write the article, it isn&#8217;t from a wire service, so no need to bash a writer&#8217;s efforts to bring you news that might be relevant to you.  Every Spanish-language newspaper in Costa Rica covered it &#8211; should they have skipped over it because it didn&#8217;t involve Costa Rica-based companies or the government here?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Marcel M. Pfister</title><link>https://insidecostarica.com/2013/06/07/u-s-tapping-microsoft-google-facebook-skype-apple-and-more/#comment-4644</link> <dc:creator>Marcel M. Pfister</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 17:51:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://insidecostarica.com/?p=8699#comment-4644</guid> <description><![CDATA[I get my global news from sources in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Why  some English-language publication called &quot;Inside Costa Rica&quot; gives us the same chewed-over stuff we can read on any global newspage is beyond me. It doesn&#039;t make any sense. My online &quot;dating&quot; profile (?!) is not geared at you so there&#039;s no need to alter the dress-code.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I get my global news from sources in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Why  some English-language publication called &#8220;Inside Costa Rica&#8221; gives us the same chewed-over stuff we can read on any global newspage is beyond me. It doesn&#8217;t make any sense. My online &#8220;dating&#8221; profile (?!) is not geared at you so there&#8217;s no need to alter the dress-code.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Tj Sessions</title><link>https://insidecostarica.com/2013/06/07/u-s-tapping-microsoft-google-facebook-skype-apple-and-more/#comment-4643</link> <dc:creator>Tj Sessions</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 17:44:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://insidecostarica.com/?p=8699#comment-4643</guid> <description><![CDATA[Hmmmm, great question Marcel.  What indeed would an English speaking news website be doing publishing information pertinent to it&#039;s readership?  Of course, YOU don&#039;t utilize the services provided by these companies that are complicit in spying on us ALL, so it has nothing to do with you, right?  Oh wait, you just might be using their services for your ONLINE DATING profile, as evidenced by your ever so mature photo icon.  Go put on a shirt and some big-boy pants now.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hmmmm, great question Marcel.  What indeed would an English speaking news website be doing publishing information pertinent to it&#8217;s readership?  Of course, YOU don&#8217;t utilize the services provided by these companies that are complicit in spying on us ALL, so it has nothing to do with you, right?  Oh wait, you just might be using their services for your ONLINE DATING profile, as evidenced by your ever so mature photo icon.  Go put on a shirt and some big-boy pants now.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Marcel M. Pfister</title><link>https://insidecostarica.com/2013/06/07/u-s-tapping-microsoft-google-facebook-skype-apple-and-more/#comment-4640</link> <dc:creator>Marcel M. Pfister</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 16:29:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://insidecostarica.com/?p=8699#comment-4640</guid> <description><![CDATA[&quot;U.S. tapping Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Skype, Apple, and more&quot;. And what does this have to do with &quot;Inside Costa Rica&quot;?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;U.S. tapping Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Skype, Apple, and more&#8221;. And what does this have to do with &#8220;Inside Costa Rica&#8221;?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: georgechapogas</title><link>https://insidecostarica.com/2013/06/07/u-s-tapping-microsoft-google-facebook-skype-apple-and-more/#comment-4637</link> <dc:creator>georgechapogas</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 14:35:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://insidecostarica.com/?p=8699#comment-4637</guid> <description><![CDATA[including crap medicine and education.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>including crap medicine and education.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Tj Sessions</title><link>https://insidecostarica.com/2013/06/07/u-s-tapping-microsoft-google-facebook-skype-apple-and-more/#comment-4632</link> <dc:creator>Tj Sessions</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:55:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://insidecostarica.com/?p=8699#comment-4632</guid> <description><![CDATA[WHAT US Constitution?  Been on abatement since Lincoln --- NOT IN EFFECT --- How do you think they get away with ignoring it and doing whatever they want?  POTUS is the defacto Dictator and Congress votes to renew this each year......WOW, what would happen if you studied and starting watching the crooks in action?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WHAT US Constitution?  Been on abatement since Lincoln &#8212; NOT IN EFFECT &#8212; How do you think they get away with ignoring it and doing whatever they want?  POTUS is the defacto Dictator and Congress votes to renew this each year&#8230;&#8230;WOW, what would happen if you studied and starting watching the crooks in action?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Old Nam Warrior</title><link>https://insidecostarica.com/2013/06/07/u-s-tapping-microsoft-google-facebook-skype-apple-and-more/#comment-4629</link> <dc:creator>Old Nam Warrior</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 15:41:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://insidecostarica.com/?p=8699#comment-4629</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tyranny ...violation of the US Constitution..]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tyranny &#8230;violation of the US Constitution..</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: jimbo97</title><link>https://insidecostarica.com/2013/06/07/u-s-tapping-microsoft-google-facebook-skype-apple-and-more/#comment-4626</link> <dc:creator>jimbo97</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 15:31:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://insidecostarica.com/?p=8699#comment-4626</guid> <description><![CDATA[Soon the USA will be no different than Cuba.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Soon the USA will be no different than Cuba.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>