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Under the Hood of AT&T's Monitoring System

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the running-commentary dept.

pkbarbiedoll writes "The recent discovery of AT&T's monitoring program has raised more than a few eyebrows. While the class action suit filed by EFF is pending (as well as a seperate suit filed against the NSA filed by the ACLU), interested parties are taking the time to learn more about the scope of this massive invasion of privacy. Bewert examines the Narus architecture used by AT&T in their previously shadowed (and ongoing) collaboration with the NSA."

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  1. Tor by ChadL · · Score: 3, Informative

    Tor (http://tor.eff.org/) is a good way to prevent the government (or anyone else) from watching what sites you go to.
    It can be a little slow at times, but you do not need to use it all the time (unless you are very paranoid).

  2. Another interesting read. by fred911 · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70621-0.htm l (Wired). An interview of a guy that works (ed?) for ATT that the EFF has subpoenaed as a witness. Talks about the physical connection made and how/when they did it.

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  3. Ori Cohen, "33-year-old Israeli Immigrant" by Master+of+Transhuman · · Score: 4, Informative

    Why am I not surprised? Plus his company is invested in by Walden Israel, a VC division of Walden International. Walden Israel is headed by a guy who spent five years with a company developing optics for the ISRAELI MILITARY.

    Why am I not surprised?

    First, an Israeli company in charge of Federal wiretapping gets caught selling wiretapping info to drug dealers in LA and the FBI gets upset over their access to Federal wiretaps.

    Now this - an NSA guy and an Israeli running the company sucking data into the NSA - and the Mossad?

    As I've said before, Israel has figured out that the best way to spy on people is to be the country making all the telecommo hardware and software all the other countries use to spy on people. Brilliant strategy - and it's working.

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  4. Re:NSA and AT&T by virtualchoirboy · · Score: 3, Informative
    Funny, but I thought this had some bearing on the matter:

    The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

    There is also some additional information on the FindLaw site for those that are curious.