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EFF Sues the Dept. of Defense Over Surveillance

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the socking-it-to-them dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Electronic Frontier Foundation has launched a lawsuit against the US government, demanding the publication of information about FBI cyber surveillance operations. The EFF launched its action after the authorities failed to disclose information requested under the Freedom of Information act. The EFF wants to find out more about two electronic surveillance systems used by the government agency to monitor electronic communications." From the article: "A Justice Department Inspector General report in March said the FBI had spent about $10 million on DCS-3000 to intercept communications over emerging digital technologies used by wireless carriers before next year's federal deadline for them to deploy their own wiretap capabilities. The same report said the FBI spent more than $1.5 million to develop Red Hook, 'a system to collect voice and data calls and then process and display the intercepted information' before those wiretap capabilities are in place."

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  1. Donate to the EFF by lathama · · Score: 5, Informative

    Everyone make a donation to the EFF, they have done a lot......

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  2. FBI is DOJ not DOD by _xeno_ · · Score: 3, Informative

    The FBI is part of the Department of Justice, not the Department of Defense. The linked article gets this right. As far as I can tell, there's no connection with the DOD to this story at all, other than both being executive branch departments.

    The summary even refers to the DOJ (a "Justice Department Inspector General") - Zonk apparently read the article, so why the incorrect headline?

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  3. If only they would just use a proxy / encryption.. by Yahma · · Score: 2, Informative

    Granted, the EFF is trying to protect our rights as citizens, and in my opinion they are doing a decent job as such; however, people please.. it is your responsibility to protect your own privacy, and if you are doing something that you do not want others to know about, please please use a Good Encryption system, a Good Anonymizing Proxy for browsing the web, and definately get a Good Web Browser. If people would follow these three little tips, it would make eavesdropping on your communications about 100 times more difficult.

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  4. Re:If a tree falls in a forest... by Lost+Penguin · · Score: 2, Informative

    It cannot be a wiretap
    There is no legal wiretaps of non-guilty American citizens.

    Only a terrorist supporter would be worried, right? ....First they came for the terrorists. ....Next they came for the Pedophiles ....?? There is no profit for citizens on this one

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