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I would assume that NSA could totally do targeted surveillance on anyone as even if we assume that NSA couldn't do anything, they clearly have money and contact
by YetAnotherNick 4y ago
I would assume that NSA could totally do targeted surveillance on anyone as even if we assume that NSA couldn't do anything, they clearly have money and contact to buy everything from Israel, which has proven technology to hack phones with 0 click.
For mass surveillance, the problem is not technical but more legal. It is almost plain and clear illegal for any agency to do in US to do it on all data so they have to come up with loopholes for things like metadata or risk the agency.
- random314 4y agoMass surveillance has been on for more than a decade. You can assume that all non encrypted communication is logged. Snowden's leak showed that NSA was tapping internal Google fiber at the transcontinental connection points. Google immediately switched to encrypted communication within Google's data center. https://www.eff.org/nsa-spying https://www.eff.org/nsa-spying https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-infiltrates-links-to-yahoo-google-data-centers-worldwide-snowden-documents-say/2013/10/30/e51d661e-4166-11e3-8b74-d89d714ca4dd_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-i...
- aborsy 4y agoThe legality applies to American residents. I assume the surveillance can be uncontrolled with foreign citizens. This then brings up the question about intellectual property. How do weaker nations protect their IP on important technologies against more powerful nations such U.S. or China? This seems to lead to a widening information gap between nations.
- Quarrel 4y ago> The legality applies to American residents. I assume the surveillance can be uncontrolled with foreign citizens. This is one of the reasons the 5 eyes nations are in bed together. I'll spy on you if you spy on me.