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so the nsa gets a list of IP addresses of mail servers that sent you mail, and sends a subpoena to each of those providers instead.
by rgbrenner 13y ago
so the nsa gets a list of IP addresses of mail servers that sent you mail, and sends a subpoena to each of those providers instead.
- dasil003 13y agoIf they want to get you they're gonna get you. The point is that takes a lot more work than the analyst sitting at his desk typing in friggin Google searches on your Gmail.
- dmix 13y agoAnd the odds you'll know it has happened is much higher.
- welterde 13y agoAnd if the other side happens to be self-hosted as well or an provider based outside the US?
- shocks 13y agoSince when did the American government care about things being outside the US?
- welterde 13y agoSince it's more work to coerce the mail provider into providing them the data, by finding something dirty about them or something like that. If they just send their subpoena without any of that, it will just end up in /dev/null and that's the end of the story.
- ams6110 13y agoThe NSA is primarily concerned with communication outside of the US. You would have less protection with a foreign provider.
- welterde 13y agoGiven that I am not an US-citizen I would argue that I am better of an provider outside.. namely myself. Have fun puzzling together a complete picture from dozens of providers.