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> I bet the intelligence agencies have full bulk data access and probably a replication of all major email and social networking providers' data for mining purp
by ErrantX 17y ago
> I bet the intelligence agencies have full bulk data access and probably a replication of all major email and social networking providers' data for mining purposes.
> I imagine the other three-letter agencies have their own versions whose existence is not yet on the record.
> We might not know all the details yet, but the writing is very clearly on the wall.
This is what I'm talking about; some of that is clearly bunk (the replication thing). As is your suggestion of unadultered access to Google and other companies with their knowledge.
As someone who works in law enforcement you would imagine that I would notice some of these things. Especially as I also work in computer security too.
But I dont see it Im afraid :)
> There are no barriers whatsoever to law enforcement or national security services getting whatever data they want, whenever they want, with no oversight whatsoever.
This is pretty incorrect - at least in the US law enforcement areas I am fairly familiar with (FBI, CIA). Beurocracy is a killer even in the world of hush.
- sailormoon 17y agoYeah, I know who you are, and well, with respect, I think you're wrong. I cannot produce hard evidence for what I'm alleging. But I strongly suspect it. NSLs are a fact. TIA/ADVISE is, or was, a fact. The massive expansion of data centre capability is a fact. What do these facts point at? You could claim there's no certain conclusion and you'd be right. But you must admit that taken together they do not exactly paint a rosy picture for your data privacy online. Let me concede that I am most decidedly not law enforcement and readily admit I have no first-hand information from LEOs in the US or the UK. But I do have some little experience with the national technical means in your lovely little sun-and-surveillance-drenched colony Down Under and, well, why d'ya think I'm so paranoid ; )
- ErrantX 17y agoAh now. Australia is a different matter - no first hand experience myself but some friends paint quite a bleak picture.