LoL, that was extremely funny... At least someone was considering some of the free software community to be noteworthy, and take notes. Now i am impressed.
Cheers Sam On July 8, 2014 Tuesday 22:36:00 Andrew Robinson wrote: > Something interesting about the NSA that may effect more people then just > myself. > > > > ________________________________ > From: Linux Journal [[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2014 6:01 AM > To: Andrew Robinson > Subject: Linux Journal: Awesome Tech Magazine or Extremist Forum? > > Linux Journal: Awesome Tech Magazine or Extremist Forum? > > > [http://www.linuxjournal.com/files/linuxjournal.com/images/email/extremelinu > xemailheader.jpg] > > NSA: Linux Journal is an "extremist forum" and its readers get flagged for > extra > surveillance<http://linuxjournalservices.com/portal/wts/uemc%7Cy-e4kqqefyOv > L%7CTrc%5EL%7COjF8b> by Kyle Rankin > > A new story published on the German site > Tagesschau<http://linuxjournalservices.com/portal/wts/uemc%7Cy-e4kqqefyOvL% > 7CTrcva%7COjF8b> and followed up by > BoingBoing<http://linuxjournalservices.com/portal/wts/uemc%7Cy-e4kqqefyOvL% > 7CTrcvq%7COjF8b> and > DasErste.de<http://linuxjournalservices.com/portal/wts/uemc%7Cy-e4kqqefyOvL > %7CTrcv6%7COjF8b> has uncovered some shocking details about who the NSA > targets for surveillance including visitors to Linux Journal itself. > > While it has been revealed before that the NSA captures just about all > Internet traffic for a short time, the Tagesschau story provides new > details about how the NSA's XKEYSCORE program decides which traffic to keep > indefinitely. XKEYSCORE uses specific selectors to flag traffic, and the > article reveals that Web searches for Tor and Tails--software I've covered > here in Linux Journal that helps to protect a user's anonymity and privacy > on the Internet--are among the selectors that will flag you as "extremist" > and targeted for further surveillance. If you just consider how many Linux > Journal readers have read our Tor and Tails coverage in the magazine, that > alone would flag quite a few innocent people as extremist. > > While that is troubling in itself, even more troubling to readers on this > site is that linuxjournal.com has been flagged as a selector! DasErste.de > has published the relevant XKEYSCORE source > code<http://linuxjournalservices.com/portal/wts/uemc%7Cy-e4kqqefyOvL%7CTrcv > L%7COjF8b>, and if you look closely at the rule definitions, you will see > linuxjournal.com/content/linux* listed alongside Tails and Tor. According > to an article on > DasErste.de<http://linuxjournalservices.com/portal/wts/uemc%7Cy-e4kqqefyOvL > %7CTrcwa%7COjF8b>, the NSA considers Linux Journal an "extremist forum". > This means that merely looking for any Linux content on Linux Journal, not > just content about anonymizing software or encryption, is considered > suspicious and means your Internet traffic may be stored indefinitely. > > One of the biggest questions these new revelations raise is why. Up until > this point, I would imagine most Linux Journal readers had considered the > NSA revelations as troubling but figured the NSA would never be interested > in them personally. Now we know that just visiting this site makes you a > target. While we may never know for sure what it is about Linux Journal in > particular, the Boing Boing article speculates that it might be to separate > out people on the Internet who know how to be private from those who don't > so it can capture communications from everyone with privacy know-how. If > that's true, it seems to go much further to target anyone with Linux > know-how. > > It's bad news to all of us who use and read about Linux on a daily basis, > but fortunately we aren't completely helpless. Earlier in the year I > started a series on security, privacy and anonymity in my Hack and / column > that included articles on how to use the Tor browser bundle and Tails. With > either piece of software in place, you can browse Linux Journal (and the > rest of the Internet) in private. > > Read this and other privacy-related stories at LinuxJournal.com. > > * A Bundle of > Tor<http://linuxjournalservices.com/portal/wts/uemc%7Cy-e4kqqefyOvL%7CTrcwq > %7COjF8b> * Tails above the Rest: the > Installation<http://linuxjournalservices.com/portal/wts/uemc%7Cy-e4kqqefyOv > L%7CTrcw6%7COjF8b> * Tails above the Rest, Part > II<http://linuxjournalservices.com/portal/wts/uemc%7Cy-e4kqqefyOvL%7CTrcyq% > 7COjF8b> * Are you an > extremist?<http://linuxjournalservices.com/portal/wts/uemc%7Cy-e4kqqefyOvL% > 7CTrcy6%7COjF8b> * Dolphins in the NSA > Dragnet<http://linuxjournalservices.com/portal/wts/uemc%7Cy-e4kqqefyOvL%7CT > rcyL%7COjF8b> > > > > Are you an extremist? > Get the T-Shirt! > > Get the T-Shirt by itself or take advantage of our special (and temporary) > offer and get a 1-year subscription with your shirt for just $10 more! > > [Order > Now]<http://linuxjournalservices.com/portal/wts/uemc%7Cy-e4kqqefyOvL%7CTrcz > a%7COjF8b> > > > [Linux Journal Reader - EXTREMIST T-Shirt] > > > > > Follow us on > Twitter<http://linuxjournalservices.com/portal/wts/uemc%7Cy-e4kqqefyOvL%7CT > qQmq%7COjF8b> | Like us on > Facebook<http://linuxjournalservices.com/portal/wts/uemc%7Cy-e4kqqefyOvL%7C > TqQm6%7COjF8b> > > Copyright © 2013 Linux Journal, All rights reserved. > Our mailing address is: > Linux Journal > 2121 Sage Road, Ste 395 > Houston, TX 77056 > > If you do not wish to receive further e-mails regarding Linux Journal > products, please visit: > http://linuxjournalservices.com/portal/unsubscribe/?V77Dxgls%2FB2R1nU%2FIFS > %2BiM26UlJlkLUvA. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
