Prepare to Have Your Email Read by the NSA

Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:43 pm » by **Torofamily**

Prepare to Have Your Email Read by the NSA

June 19, 2011
Adam Clark Estes

With a new major hacking incident seemingly daily, the Department of Defense is scrambling to find the right shield against future for attacks. But why hide behind a shield when you can charge onto the battlefield underneath the invisible but ironclad cloak of the National Security Agency? That’s exactly how the DoD is mounting it’s first strike back at the hackers–a preemptive strike that will increase online surveillance at defense contractors by partnering with internet service providers for privileged access to the rivers of data flowing through their cables. AT&T, Verizon and CenturyLink are all on board.

Giving the NSA more access to the same internet tubes that power your Gmail account sounds a little invasive. At least that’s what James X. Dempsey, vice president for public policy at the civil liberties watchdog group the Center for Democracy and Technology. “We wouldn’t want this to become a backdoor form of surveillance,” Dempsey told The Washington Post, referring to the pilot program that DoD insists will remain limited to the contractors working closely with the government.

“The U.S. government will not be monitoring, intercepting or storing any private-sector communications,” Deputy Secretary William J. Lynn III said Thursday at a global security conference in Paris. However, he added, “We hope the … cyber pilot can be the beginning of something bigger. It could serve as a model that can be transported to other critical infrastructure sectors, under the leadership of the Department of Homeland Security.”

Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:46 pm » by **Drjones**

Oh c'mon, they've been reading our emails for years and everything else ala the movie 'Eagle Eye.

Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:49 pm » by **The57ironman**

drjones wrote:Oh c'mon, they've been reading our emails for years and everything else ala the movie 'Eagle Eye.

beat me to it....

for a long time , i stayed off the web for just that reason........
and finally decided to not give a f*ck....

:cheers:

Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:52 pm » by **Otoel**

Does that mean I cant stalk little girls anymore?

Sun Jun 19, 2011 8:23 pm » by **The57ironman**

otoel wrote:Does that mean I cant stalk little girls anymore?

.......oh no.....it doesn't apply to you....... :mrgreen:

Sun Jun 19, 2011 8:27 pm » by **Lowsix**

No oto, you're safe.

Their system cannot recognize Mexican Canadians.
Too Anomalous. So it tosses your comms out as "signal noise".