Re: [liberationtech] Secret European deals to hand over private data to America

2013-07-01 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Mon, Jul 01, 2013 at 02:15:15AM +0200, André Rebentisch wrote: Dear all, do you follow the news? http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/30/berlin-washington-cold-war http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/eu-confronts-us-over-alleged-spying-on-european-allies/article12899295/

[liberationtech] Secret European deals to hand over private data to America

2013-07-01 Thread taxakis
It is huge and a strong burden on transatlantic relations, a game Do you really think that such large scale intercepts are possible without full knowledge and cooperation of key people in politics and industry? Of course not, Eugen! They all know it. But now there's proof. Tangible

Re: [liberationtech] Secret European deals to hand over private data to America

2013-07-01 Thread Julian Oliver
..on Mon, Jul 01, 2013 at 02:26:11PM +0200, Eugen Leitl wrote: On Mon, Jul 01, 2013 at 02:15:15AM +0200, André Rebentisch wrote: Dear all, do you follow the news? http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/30/berlin-washington-cold-war

Re: [liberationtech] Secret European deals to hand over private data to America

2013-07-01 Thread Arjen Kamphuis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 de-lurking On 07/01/2013 03:44 PM, taxakis wrote: Of course not, Eugen! They all know it. But now there's proof. Tangible documents stamped Top Secret. And there's a witness, Snowden, who plainly details it in front of a TV camera. And in a

Re: [liberationtech] Secret European deals to hand over private data to America

2013-06-30 Thread Paul Bernal (LAW)
You're right of course: it was a facile reply of mine, particularly on here. It's how we respond that matters. On 30 Jun 2013, at 04:10, Jacob Appelbaum ja...@appelbaum.net wrote: Paul Bernal (LAW): None of this should be surprising, should it? It's a reasonable assumption that all

Re: [liberationtech] Secret European deals to hand over private data to America

2013-06-30 Thread Mrs. Y
We didn't love freedom enough. And even more – we had no awareness of the real situation We purely and simply deserved everything that happened afterward.” ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, books V-VII On 6/29/13 11:09 PM,

Re: [liberationtech] Secret European deals to hand over private data to America

2013-06-30 Thread André Rebentisch
Dear all, do you follow the news? http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/30/berlin-washington-cold-war http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/eu-confronts-us-over-alleged-spying-on-european-allies/article12899295/ http://www.dw.de/us-to-respond-to-nsa-spying-allegations/a-16916869 It is

[liberationtech] Secret European deals to hand over private data to America

2013-06-29 Thread Jurre andmore
There was a hearing last week in Dutch parliament about PRISM. There was another interesting point being discussed a rumor that the TAT-14 cable in Katwijk was being eavesdropped. Not only is it eavesdropped, but data is shared with the US! Article below: Revealed: secret European deals to hand

Re: [liberationtech] Secret European deals to hand over private data to America

2013-06-29 Thread Paul Bernal (LAW)
None of this should be surprising, should it? It's a reasonable assumption that all intelligence agencies share their data on a pretty regular basis - certainly with 'friendly' nations, and almost certainly with others, on a quid pro quo basis. It's always been that way. On 29 Jun 2013, at

Re: [liberationtech] Secret European deals to hand over private data to America

2013-06-29 Thread Parker Higgins
It was an Observer article, which shares a website with the Guardian despite separate staff and editorial. It was also heavily dependent on Wayne Madsen as a source, and he is a crackpot. Guardian removed the article when they discovered what happened. Check Glenn Greenwald's timeline on

Re: [liberationtech] Secret European deals to hand over private data to America

2013-06-29 Thread Jacob Appelbaum
Paul Bernal (LAW): None of this should be surprising, should it? It's a reasonable assumption that all intelligence agencies share their data on a pretty regular basis - certainly with 'friendly' nations, and almost certainly with others, on a quid pro quo basis. It's always been that way.