Happy Independence Day!* *Your independence may vary depending on your behavior. Citing documents that refer to deep packet inspection rules used by the NSA for its so-called XKeyscore program to determine what targets are selected for surveillance and how, the investigation (versions: German | English) reveals that people who seek out or use online privacy tools—including things like TOR, a network tool that provides digital anonymity and minimizes exposure to possible surveillance—may be targeted simply for making those efforts. Other platforms targeted by the program include the LINUX open source operating system as well as privacy and encryption services such as HotSpotShield, FreeNet, Centurian, FreeProxies.org, MegaProxy, privacy.li and an anonymous email service called MixMinion. According to the reporting, the NSA characterized those who would use such services as extremists, which sparked spirited outrage on social media as the story broke.
Posted on: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 12:33:10 +0000
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