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CNET has learned the FBI has developed custom "port reader" software to intercept Internet metadata in real time. And, in some cases, it wants to force Internet providers to use the software.
The U.S. government is quietly pressuring telecommunications providers to install eavesdropping technology deep inside companies' internal networks to facilitate surveillance efforts.
FBI officials have been sparring with carriers, a process that has on occasion included threats of contempt of court, in a bid to deploy government-provided software capable of intercepting and analyzing entire communications streams. The FBI's legal position during these discussions is that the software's real-time interception of metadata is authorized under the Patriot Act.
Originally posted by pirhanna
So.. the nsa isn't playing nice and sharing their surveillance data?
Fifteen years ago all these ideas of a total surveillance state were thought so ridiculous that those of us that said it was coming were laughed at. Too bad I can't laugh back.
Originally posted by KnightFire
Maybe some day everyone will wake up and smell what the government has been shoveling.
Originally posted by alphabetaone
Originally posted by KnightFire
Maybe some day everyone will wake up and smell what the government has been shoveling.
No.
No, they most assuredly will not. Furthermore, even if they DO smell it, it will go uncontested.
ETA: Great post OP, it's a shame that, IMO, it's all in vain.edit on 5-8-2013 by alphabetaone because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by KnightFire
Guess it's time to lock my router down even further. Port Readers are no joke.
edit on 4-8-2013 by KnightFire because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Aazadan
Originally posted by KnightFire
Guess it's time to lock my router down even further. Port Readers are no joke.
edit on 4-8-2013 by KnightFire because: (no reason given)
Locking down your router is precisely the wrong move. It has been established in court that IP addresses are not people, though you can assume if only one person is tied to an IP address, that that person did those actions. The best defense is to open up your router. Get something with wide range and no wifi password, if you're in an apartment complex get a really high speed and split the bill with a neighbor. The more people on any given router, the less confidence they'll have in tying any specific activity to you individually. Especially if you then configure the router to not keep any logs.