NSA has direct access to tech giants' systems for user data, secret files reveal

124 Things We've Learned About the NSA

 

Sprint Accused of Overcharging Feds Millions for Wiretapping

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2014/03/sprint-wiretapping-overcharges/

 

He'd find much! more overcharging in the NSA's "black budget", I bet.

Actually, maybe it's so thoroughly firewalled that nobody has the requisite credentials to determine that

 

Tax and Spy: How the NSA Can Hack Any American, Stores Data 15 Years (Dec. 31, 2013)

Long article with lots of images.

 

http://www.theguardian.com/commenti...pying-on-our-sexual-lives-will-we-tolerate-it

 

What's funny to me is the assumption that using webcams is in any way private.

Seriously?

 

How the NSA Made Your Legal Defense Illegal.

-- Tom

 

hi,

Virtual and Games worlds already spied...
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/12/10/i-spybot-nsa-docs-detail-spying-in-wow-second-life/

http://www.propublica.org/article/w...?utm_source=et&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=

http://www.propublica.org/documents/item/889134-games

Rgds

 

Court blocks government's request to keep NSA phone records longer than five years

http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/7/5482670/court-blocks-request-to-keep-nsa-phone-records-as-evidence

 

Homeland Security Used Intercepted Emails to Quiz Woman About Her Sex Life:

https://www.aclu.org/national-security/woman-detained-airport-files-suit

 

NSA Authorized Monitoring of Pirate Bay and Proxy Users

 

US network to scan workers with secret clearances.

-- Tom

 

How to solve the problem of NSA surveillance.

-- Tom

 

Snowden: 'NSA 'set fire' to the internet...

I did a quick search of the post headers from today and didn't see anything referring to this. If I missed a post having the linked article, I apologize for the duplication.

http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/snowden-nsa-set-fire-internet-techies-are-firefighters-n48836

 

Re: Snowden: 'NSA 'set fire' to the internet...

Given your avatar, I'm reminded of "Dr. Strangelove". The NSA has indeed gone rogue, rather like Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper on steroids

 

NSA views encryption as evidence of suspicion and will target those who use it, security journalist says

 

US government wants to use machines to constantly monitor up to 5 million employees

 

Greenwald apparently doesn't realize how many use VPN services for downloading stuff.

 

"Evidence of suspicion?" That's one messed up title.

It's a shame more don't use encryption, just for the purpose of making them choke on the quantity.

 

Not any attempt to re-direct the topic but only a reply to mirimir.

The avatar is a reminder of one of the greatest acting performances I've ever witnessed; Peter Sellers playing three roles in that movie and absolutely nailing all three. I've not seen it duplicated before or since.

The movie itself is a dark reminder of the government of the United States knowingly and willingly seeking, employing, and promoting to positions of great power and influence sinister individuals and even former enemies to do the very dirty work of spying on it's citizens and worse.

If you are unaware, check out 'Operation Paperclip'; devised and executed by the OSS, the forerunner of the CIA. This goes back to the 1940s.
While the U. S. and our allies fought the Soviet Union and Communism in general throughout the Cold War period, our own 'democratic' governments were doing the exact same thing to their citizens.

I am a citizen of the United States of America.
I love my country.
All I ask is for honesty and transparency.
Where honesty and transparency might endanger the public, simply say 'no comment'
Don't lie to us.
We can handle the truth, as long as we know what it is.
(End of rant)

 

Now that they know it has been done to THEM, Congress is outraged.

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...ng-senate-intel-committee-breaking-law-n49816

 

What a surprise, the oversight-committee is being 'out-sighted' by those people who have been given the power to 'out-sight' everyone.
A bit silly not to expect that 'everyone' includes themselves.

 

I don't know if this has been posted before, but I don't see it;
Snowden and ACLU at SXSW:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIhS9aB-qgU

 

The truth about NSA/CIA/FBI oversight of each other and elected officials will blow minds.

 

I totally agree. I also love his role in "The Magic Christian".

Yes, the US and CCCP raced to capture German experts. It's common knowledge (or was, anyway) that German scientists (such as Wernher von Braun) and captured V2s were essential in jump starting the US missile program. The Soviets got help too. But there were also intelligence experts (for KGB and CIA/NSA) and propaganda experts (for Soviet Glavlit, and US advertising/PR agencies and government).

I wouldn't know