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USA : NSA spying on everybody

  • 07-06-2013 12:14am
    #1
    bealtine
    Registered Users Posts: 4,050 ✭✭✭


    Not really related to broadband access but I feel it's a rather important issue.

    NSA has direct access to tech giants' systems for user data, secret files reveal http://t.co/RUa5Scitqf via @guardian


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  • #2
    gctest50
    Registered Users Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭gctest50


    old news sure... CALEA and all that has been out for ages

    any router with that sort of thing could easily have a backdoor in hardware - next to impossible to find - where would you start ? - what are you looking for ?

    http://www.narus.com/solutions/narus-nsystem part of boeing - fair chance they'd know what they're at

    You'd need it all more than you'd think though - plenty of loopers out there - all they need is meet someone like-minded across the internet

    and they'll start "feeding" off each other or whatever and you have what happened in London the other week
    .


  • #3
    bealtine
    Registered Users Posts: 4,050 ✭✭✭bealtine


    gctest50 wrote: »
    old news sure... CALEA and all that has been out for ages

    yeah I know it's not news as such, most of us have known about it for years, but it has hit the mainstream now.


  • #4
    croo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 1,333 Mod ✭✭✭✭croo


    While I'm not surprised to read this, I do wonder how this gets around the EU data protection rules (for servers located in the EU at least) ... or would the same rules that allowed access to airline data from US security be applicable? I had thought that deal was only applicable to airlines. I remember when Swift were found to be divulging financial payments details there was some noise - but from memory I believe they just changed their place of registration from Belgium to the USA and then claimed they were obliged to obey USA laws.
    I wonder today with the cloud, if it's as simple as replicating, en-masse, the data on EU Servers to servers state-side from where targeted queries that would breach the EU personal data rules could be applied?


  • #5
    gctest50
    Registered Users Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭gctest50


    bealtine wrote: »
    yeah I know it's not news as such, most of us have known about it for years, but it has hit the mainstream now.

    That's what i was thinking, took a long time for them


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