On Fri, Jun 05, 2015 at 05:38:57PM +0000, James wrote: > > SS7 (The north American "switching standard") where the tariffs are still > enforced is where the phone "meta-data" comes from regardless of how it is > originated. Now, All data from an ISP, Telco > web company, social media or anything else can all be moved between "ICPs" > for business (sales) purposes now via this document and many others. What's > new is the Feds will be paying gargantuan sums of money to the telcos now > to keep data they already maintain..... > > Yes this is the back door that has always existed and all advanced countries > use it. The "agencies" just buy the data from offshore sources; > thus circumventing domestic restrictions. That was/is a fundamental tenet of > "signal intercept". > > Did you notice that after the fall, of the Berlin wall (nov 1989), the good > ole USA needed a new boogey man to justify spending billions and billions to > keep us secure? The Internet security business opened in 1990 via public > access to the Internet. > > > Soon it will be those evil Chinese. Taxpayers pay; so the politicians > and can play..... There has to be a boogey man, to justify spending billions > on keeping us safe. > > The Onion with strong encryption does delay the process. But there's > too much advanced hardware available if they really want to decipher > a particular stream of data.
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