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Isn't that their job? It used to / still is referred to as signals intelligence since information was first transmitted over the air in the old days and later o

Isn't that their job? It used to / still is referred to as signals intelligence since information was first transmitted over the air in the old days and later over the wire. Since everything is behind SSL encryption now they need to increasingly hack into the devices to get the info instead of just intercepting it.

defrost 4y ago
> Isn't that their job? This is specifically New Zealand and this is an article about what is their job. Here it is revealed they are permitted (under warrent) to copy data from NZ citizens networks | home devices. It also indicates they are not permitted to keep that copy "for later on" after it has been examined. There are many facets to SigInt - not the least (and one of the earliest applications) is the simple recording and mapping of messages - not their contents, just the mere fact that a message was broadcast or sent from Location X at Time T. Here, specifically, the discussion is about the intrusion into a network (home LAN, etc) to retrieve data rather than the mere recording of a transmission across a wire or through a public network. > "Our legislation ... allows us to access information infrastructures, which is more than just interception," the Director-General of the Government Communications Security Bureau, Andrew Hampton, said. > It "also allows us to retrieve digital information directly from where it is stored or processed".
dmix 4y ago
Don't worry, it's being scrutinized. Move along citizen.
matheusmoreira 4y ago
> they need to increasingly hack into the devices to get the info What they need to do is give up. Their surveillance is not justifiable. I hate how normalized their tyrannical behavior is.
- phonescreen_man 4y ago
  A lot of peedos out there
  - matheusmoreira 4y ago
    Doesn't justify total global surveillance and insecurity of electronic devices.

defrost 4y ago

> Isn't that their job? This is specifically New Zealand and this is an article about what is their job. Here it is revealed they are permitted (under warrent) to copy data from NZ citizens networks | home devices. It also indicates they are not permitted to keep that copy "for later on" after it has been examined. There are many facets to SigInt - not the least (and one of the earliest applications) is the simple recording and mapping of messages - not their contents, just the mere fact that a message was broadcast or sent from Location X at Time T. Here, specifically, the discussion is about the intrusion into a network (home LAN, etc) to retrieve data rather than the mere recording of a transmission across a wire or through a public network. > "Our legislation ... allows us to access information infrastructures, which is more than just interception," the Director-General of the Government Communications Security Bureau, Andrew Hampton, said. > It "also allows us to retrieve digital information directly from where it is stored or processed".

dmix 4y ago

Don't worry, it's being scrutinized. Move along citizen.

matheusmoreira 4y ago

> they need to increasingly hack into the devices to get the info What they need to do is give up. Their surveillance is not justifiable. I hate how normalized their tyrannical behavior is.

phonescreen_man 4y ago
A lot of peedos out there
- matheusmoreira 4y ago
  Doesn't justify total global surveillance and insecurity of electronic devices.