The mid 1980's where a fun time in US computer history, US domestic needs and digital file tracking.
You had the Church report so no domestic operation/unit/task force really ever wanted any unique keywords used again.
You also had an interesting funding mix and database upgrades - many connecting to each other for the first time or been able to be searched via a network and the results combined - cases/city/state/federal/telco.
The results where hinted at in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Core http://consortiumnews.com/2013/07/11/prisms-controversial-forerunner/ (late 1970s early 80s to bring DoJ criminal case management)
that seemed to allow http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/04/18/patriot_games
Cop shows or movies dont really have the massive backend database waiting for a look.
Most classic scripts would have some hint at a court/judge and then some hardware on site or telco look up of a person named.
Billing records would be presented as fair game but after the right paperwork - all very formal and correct, tension in needing "evidence" and not losing a case.
A total 24/7 database of all a countries/regions calls, telco staff helping and internal paperwork per 'look' feels like a spy movie:)
Depends on what skilled US lawyers make of the massive private storage, employees sitting with gov agents and the term 'administrative subpoenas'.
Tracking 'the' person over every/any network would be just fine.
Some ongoing massive database of people who have done nothing wrong other than use a US phone... waiting for that administrative subpoena to fish a tiny subset of data out.
Welcome to the Hemisphere Project (a term not found in many "official documents" it seems:
Every call that passes through a switch is covered ie not just one teclo's customers.
All the call data ie the classic pen register seems to be collected at the rate "four billion call records are added to the database every day".
The locations of callers is also logged.
The data is not stored by the US gov ie telco employees work on the system ie as "private data".
All done under friendly administrative warrants -ie courts??? judges???
Basically it is what many have hinted at - total mastery of all US calls via one telco.
Yes that type of encryption will not be opened but the use of such methods will stand out to quality software scanning/cloning your hardware.
Then you become very interesting and might get to be involved in "living document" "colour of law" US legal reform. The hand over your password before you 'forget' it, not the expected self-incrimination rights case.
Wait for the news about been found with a computer thats "too" clean.
A person moving around using a new or older computer with a fresh install of an OS and nothing to clone on factory fresh storage.
No images foe later facial recognition, gps or meta data in images, serial number of the camera/s, video clips, lists of chat friends, plain text of chats, internet use logs with cookie/cache files.
No complex passwords to request and then try with a users other networked/local files later.
If a person went to all the trouble of buying a new drive and altering their hardware and software...
Most of the worlds telco equipment is/was standardised to help the police and fight/track terrorism.
Then add in the fast/lower cost deep packet inspection products that are exported from the free "West".
So the average person in Vietnam would be watched at an internet cafe, have their home internet logged.
Even if you can use the internet without glowing keywords or visiting blocked sites, its like the US effort, the gov is in your ISP for that first hop out.
It can just be told to experts in terms of the costs. A huge loop out via a huge US telco can be very a cheap way to get back into a region for that data use without paying full price two regional telcos direct.
list of agents... Do you really think any agency with access to the combined history and generational operational knowledge of the CIA/NSA/GCHQ/MI5/6 would make a usable, easy, master list of active agents?
The Russians would find it exists via their many skilled helpers and act on that list in some dramatic long term or short term way. Overtime the CIA/MI6 would correctly wonder where their useful/top agents went and call in experts to find the problem - ie no simple 'digital' master list like that would last very long.
Why was East Germany so sure a computer list was a really bad idea? They had lost a paper list of their spies in the West too.
It was seen as a stupid idea at the time, warned against and the list was lost to the CIA.
Thats two hints from easy spy history not to make the big paper chart or digital list of active spies.
Step one is the wealth generating deal that takes your developer/team/firm in an amazing new direction.
Step two is the buy in/out/offer.
Step three is the gov representative with very good news just for you as your so smart.... ....
More offers, deals... do you have a legal team?
Finally your wealthy and making toys/sport games now or just wealthy or part of a new huge team...
You dont need to "break" anything if you can walk into the server room, install new hardware or just read the text from a users computer as entered.
The US has never really been bothered with that aspect of consumer grade encryption it seems.
You could present it, talk about it, break it, share it... sell it, give it away free...
The encryption algorithms as sold had many eyes on them and worked just fine in many respects.
The OS, server or telco was the only key needed and works just fine in real time with any plain text.
The magic was letting generations of experts travel the world reviewing each others encryption algorithms and report back as been very confident.
If only more people had thought about the input side or output side.
That worked with authors, publishers and journalists until about the 1990's.
Think how well "found, prosecuted, convicted, and imprisoned" worked for Eastern Europe in the 1980's... it gets you one person and buys any gov a few years.
The optics of such events catch up fast now.
Even sockpuppets and front groups are losing their traditional hold.
How can one go too far about plain text from trusted encryption?
Good security practices where build on a few basic building blocks/books/skill sets and an ever expanding acceptance of the 'cloud'.
Data and passwords where to be trusted in some distant network with very little thought or understanding.
Now we all understand more and can educate others:)
Applications may drop (now) geolocation, (in the past) serial and user data into every file created.
Some bugs even dropped random user computer data into files until noticed.
Expensive printers seem to have known per page tracking issues too.
The entry level job of total real world tracking it is probably worth more as educational exercise than any other actions.
Its global, the crypto glows and now show your teacher you can work with the big data sets in real time....
The "list of British agents" seems to be all over as a new talking point.
Why would any modern agency would do a 1980's Stasi and make a digital master list?
Considering the CIA got the East German spy list intact.
Yes two expensive contractors to replace one at the hardware level. Expensive contractors to ride around the USA looking into the past of each and every contractor for real this time.
Personnel who recall past errors/waste and that have the rank/personality to express issues with outside spending and political connections will go.
Expansion in the USA, expect to see the expensive testing of experimental AI and robotic maintenance systems too.
New testing of staff via expensive new experts, profiles created, watching staff internet logs, travel, life, spending habits, non fiction reading.
More trusted foreign linguists and the faith/political issues they bring via their "real" home countries and true loyalties.
The people left will be 'new' and learning, foreign or just know how/when to say yes, dreaming of becoming a contractor real soon.
This is not a disaster, its a generational spending spree.
As for the US and UK intelligence agencies - would they really have lists of their agents in any useful form?
The US and UK have obtained many countries spy lists and know never create their own "walk out" lists.
The Russians would be all over any US personal with that kind of access and the US/UK know that from past efforts.
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The mid 1980's where a fun time in US computer history, US domestic needs and digital file tracking.
You had the Church report so no domestic operation/unit/task force really ever wanted any unique keywords used again.
You also had an interesting funding mix and database upgrades - many connecting to each other for the first time or been able to be searched via a network and the results combined - cases/city/state/federal/telco.
The results where hinted at in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Core
http://consortiumnews.com/2013/07/11/prisms-controversial-forerunner/ (late 1970s early 80s to bring DoJ criminal case management)
that seemed to allow http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/04/18/patriot_games
Cop shows or movies dont really have the massive backend database waiting for a look. :)
Most classic scripts would have some hint at a court/judge and then some hardware on site or telco look up of a person named.
Billing records would be presented as fair game but after the right paperwork - all very formal and correct, tension in needing "evidence" and not losing a case.
A total 24/7 database of all a countries/regions calls, telco staff helping and internal paperwork per 'look' feels like a spy movie
Depends on what skilled US lawyers make of the massive private storage, employees sitting with gov agents and the term 'administrative subpoenas'.
Tracking 'the' person over every/any network would be just fine.
Some ongoing massive database of people who have done nothing wrong other than use a US phone... waiting for that administrative subpoena to fish a tiny subset of data out.
Welcome to the Hemisphere Project (a term not found in many "official documents" it seems:
Every call that passes through a switch is covered ie not just one teclo's customers.
All the call data ie the classic pen register seems to be collected at the rate "four billion call records are added to the database every day".
The locations of callers is also logged.
The data is not stored by the US gov ie telco employees work on the system ie as "private data".
All done under friendly administrative warrants -ie courts??? judges???
Basically it is what many have hinted at - total mastery of all US calls via one telco.
Hi AC try http://prism-break.org/
Under Social networking the site lists https:buddycloud.com, https://diasporafoundation.org/ http://friendica.com/ http://movim.eu/ http://pump.io/ and the https://tent.io/ protocol.
http://rt.com/news/facebook-profile-picture-recognition-208/
http://www.ibtimes.com/facebook-create-facial-recognition-database-profile-photos-1401665
Welcome to a wonderful facial recognition database for US users (vs privacy issues in Europe).
Try and forget the US government electronic surveillance program.
I would guess some points system/chart? Only risk a random inspection to fill out the stats to obscure more active profiling?
Yes that type of encryption will not be opened but the use of such methods will stand out to quality software scanning/cloning your hardware.
Then you become very interesting and might get to be involved in "living document" "colour of law" US legal reform. The hand over your password before you 'forget' it, not the expected self-incrimination rights case.
Wait for the news about been found with a computer thats "too" clean. ...
A person moving around using a new or older computer with a fresh install of an OS and nothing to clone on factory fresh storage.
No images foe later facial recognition, gps or meta data in images, serial number of the camera/s, video clips, lists of chat friends, plain text of chats, internet use logs with cookie/cache files.
No complex passwords to request and then try with a users other networked/local files later.
If a person went to all the trouble of buying a new drive and altering their hardware and software
Preventing a communist takeover? Do you recall the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955_State_of_Vietnam_referendum part?
Most of the worlds telco equipment is/was standardised to help the police and fight/track terrorism.
Then add in the fast/lower cost deep packet inspection products that are exported from the free "West".
So the average person in Vietnam would be watched at an internet cafe, have their home internet logged.
Even if you can use the internet without glowing keywords or visiting blocked sites, its like the US effort, the gov is in your ISP for that first hop out.
Yes a few parts of the world added on the need for a university degree to even start out as a journalist.
We are only talking about and adding to what is in the free UK/US press, linking to free sites, not paywalls.
Is that really so bad of us?
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-18/japan-unit-4-pool-s-heat-exceeded-three-times-normal-iaea-says.html .... 1,533 fuel rods ~1,300 used fuel rod assemblies? ~ 400 tons ~18 meters above the ground :)
http://news.yahoo.com/fukushima-plant-steps-closer-fuel-rod-removal-010447411.html
Empty the pool of fuel bundles
It can just be told to experts in terms of the costs. A huge loop out via a huge US telco can be very a cheap way to get back into a region for that data use without paying full price two regional telcos direct.
list of agents ... Do you really think any agency with access to the combined history and generational operational knowledge of the CIA/NSA/GCHQ/MI5/6 would make a usable, easy, master list of active agents?
The Russians would find it exists via their many skilled helpers and act on that list in some dramatic long term or short term way.
Overtime the CIA/MI6 would correctly wonder where their useful/top agents went and call in experts to find the problem - ie no simple 'digital' master list like that would last very long.
Why was East Germany so sure a computer list was a really bad idea? They had lost a paper list of their spies in the West too.
It was seen as a stupid idea at the time, warned against and the list was lost to the CIA.
Thats two hints from easy spy history not to make the big paper chart or digital list of active spies.
It allows "smart" people note that the rates are like a medical xray or passenger flight and get modded up as the math is sort of correct.
Step one is the wealth generating deal that takes your developer/team/firm in an amazing new direction.
.... ...
Step two is the buy in/out/offer.
Step three is the gov representative with very good news just for you as your so smart....
More offers, deals... do you have a legal team?
Finally your wealthy and making toys/sport games now or just wealthy or part of a new huge team
You dont need to "break" anything if you can walk into the server room, install new hardware or just read the text from a users computer as entered. ... sell it, give it away free...
The US has never really been bothered with that aspect of consumer grade encryption it seems.
You could present it, talk about it, break it, share it
The encryption algorithms as sold had many eyes on them and worked just fine in many respects.
The OS, server or telco was the only key needed and works just fine in real time with any plain text.
The magic was letting generations of experts travel the world reviewing each others encryption algorithms and report back as been very confident.
If only more people had thought about the input side or output side.
That worked with authors, publishers and journalists until about the 1990's. ... it gets you one person and buys any gov a few years.
Think how well "found, prosecuted, convicted, and imprisoned" worked for Eastern Europe in the 1980's
The optics of such events catch up fast now.
Even sockpuppets and front groups are losing their traditional hold.
How can one go too far about plain text from trusted encryption? :)
Good security practices where build on a few basic building blocks/books/skill sets and an ever expanding acceptance of the 'cloud'.
Data and passwords where to be trusted in some distant network with very little thought or understanding.
Now we all understand more and can educate others
Applications may drop (now) geolocation, (in the past) serial and user data into every file created.
Some bugs even dropped random user computer data into files until noticed.
Expensive printers seem to have known per page tracking issues too.
The entry level job of total real world tracking it is probably worth more as educational exercise than any other actions.
Its global, the crypto glows and now show your teacher you can work with the big data sets in real time....
The "list of British agents" seems to be all over as a new talking point.
Why would any modern agency would do a 1980's Stasi and make a digital master list?
Considering the CIA got the East German spy list intact.
Yes two expensive contractors to replace one at the hardware level. Expensive contractors to ride around the USA looking into the past of each and every contractor for real this time.
Personnel who recall past errors/waste and that have the rank/personality to express issues with outside spending and political connections will go.
Expansion in the USA, expect to see the expensive testing of experimental AI and robotic maintenance systems too.
New testing of staff via expensive new experts, profiles created, watching staff internet logs, travel, life, spending habits, non fiction reading.
More trusted foreign linguists and the faith/political issues they bring via their "real" home countries and true loyalties.
The people left will be 'new' and learning, foreign or just know how/when to say yes, dreaming of becoming a contractor real soon.
This is not a disaster, its a generational spending spree.
As for the US and UK intelligence agencies - would they really have lists of their agents in any useful form?
The US and UK have obtained many countries spy lists and know never create their own "walk out" lists.
The Russians would be all over any US personal with that kind of access and the US/UK know that from past efforts.