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Ask HN: Can the NSA snoop on our (hosted) private repos?
This is just out of curiosity. The NSA does not clearly define what it takes to be an NSA "foe". Can they also be snooping on our private repos which are hosted on Github/Bitbucket (and hence, Rackspace/Amazon/whatnot)? Are users protected against any such access?
- byoung2 13y agoJust assume that the government has access to everything online, including "private" content. Even if they don't have direct access, they can get it with a warrant. With the patriot act and fisa, they can get warrants pretty easily, so basically you shouldn't put anything incriminating online, even privately.
- mtgx 13y agoThe NSA collects everything that passes through US cables, both unencrypted and encrypted data. They usually don't decrypt most of the stuff themselves, because that would need too many resources, which is why they go to the big services companies and ask them for the keys. And I wouldn't assume they only look into the data of the "criminals", but also for commercial espionage reasons.
- cup 13y agoJust assume anything that you type is public. Thats to say, even if you don't post it online the physical manifestation of you typing on a keyboard may not be secure.
- aw3c2 13y agoIf the company is based in the US or the servers are in the US, then yes of course.
- lsiebert 13y agoThey may not need a warrant, they may be able to get the information with a subpoena or a national security letter.