[ExI] Surveillance 'partnership' between NSA and telcos points to AT&T, Verizon

BillK pharos at gmail.com
Fri Jun 28 13:45:49 UTC 2013


On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Eugen Leitl  wrote:
>
> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57591391-38/surveillance-partnership-between-nsa-and-telcos-points-to-at-t-verizon/
>
> Surveillance 'partnership' between NSA and telcos points to AT&T, Verizon
>
> Newly disclosed classified document suggests firms allowed spy agency to
> access e-mail and phone call data by tapping into their "fiber-optic cables,
> gateway switches, and data networks."
>
>

Makes you wonder why News International people are on trial in the UK
for reporters hacking into mobile phone voicemail.
(Usually easy because people either didn't set passwords, or left the
default passwords set).

The UK government snoops were doing far more detailed hacking and recording.

And as Slashdot pointed out corporations and private investigators
were also snooping around.
<http://news.slashdot.org/story/13/06/22/0226217/report-not-just-for-tabloids-uk-privacy-invading-hackers-widespread>

BillK



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