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> https://twitter.com/LizaGoitein/status/1734249938333167889 > Elizabeth Goitein @LizaGoitein > 11 Dec 2023 > RED ALERT: Buried in the House intelligence committee’s Section 702 > “reform” bill, which is schedule for a floor vote as soon as tomorrow, > is the biggest expansion of surveillance inside the United States > since the Patriot Act. 1/11 Elizabeth Goitein @LizaGoitein 11 Dec 2023 Through a seemingly innocuous change to the definition of “electronic service communications provider,” the bill vastly expands the universe of U.S. businesses that can be conscripted to aid the government in conducting surveillance. 2/11 33 1,665 45 6,237 Elizabeth Goitein @LizaGoitein 11 Dec 2023 Under current law, the government can compel companies that have direct access to communications, such as phone, email, and text messaging service providers, to assist in Section 702 surveillance by turning over the communications of Section 702 targets. 3/11 12 1,215 24 5,071 Elizabeth Goitein @LizaGoitein 11 Dec 2023 Under Section 504 of the House intelligence committee’s bill, any entity that has access to *equipment* on which communications may be transmitted or stored, such as an ordinary router, is fair game. What does that mean in practice? It’s simple… 4/11 19 1,263 32 5,009 Elizabeth Goitein @LizaGoitein 11 Dec 2023 Hotels, libraries, coffee shops, and other places that offer wifi to their customers could be forced to serve as surrogate spies. They could be required to configure their systems to ensure that they can provide the government access to entire streams of communications. 5/11 66 2,166 140 6,505 Elizabeth Goitein @LizaGoitein 11 Dec 2023 Even a repair person who comes to fix the wifi in your home would meet the revised definition: that person is an “employee” of a “service provider” who has “access” to “equipment” (your router) on which communications are transmitted. 6/11 18 1,286 26 4,980 Elizabeth Goitein @LizaGoitein 11 Dec 2023 The bill’s sponsors deny that Section 504 is intended to sweep so broadly. What *is* the provision intended to do, and how is the government planning to use it? Sorry, that’s classified. 7/11 13 1,115 33 5,100 Elizabeth Goitein @LizaGoitein 11 Dec 2023 At the end of the day, though, the government’s claimed intent matters little. What matters is what the provision, on its face, actually allows—because as we all know by now, the government will interpret and apply the law as broadly as it can get away with. 8/11 12 992 20 5,046 Elizabeth Goitein @LizaGoitein 11 Dec 2023 This isn’t a minor or theoretical concern. One of the FISA Court amici posted a blog to warn Americans about this provision. I can’t overstate how unusual it is for FISA Court amici to take to the airwaves in this manner. We’d be foolish to ignore it. 9/11 zwillgen.com/law-enforcement… House Intelligence Committee FISA “Reform” Bill Would Greatly Expand the Class of Businesses and... Yesterday the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence unanimously approved the FISA Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2023 (FRRA), which would reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intell... zwillgen.com 12 1,897 35 5,793 Elizabeth Goitein @LizaGoitein 11 Dec 2023 If you don't want to have to worry that the NSA is tapping into communications at the hotel where you're staying, tell your House representative to vote NO on the House intelligence bill this week. More on the many flaws with that bill here: 10/11 brennancenter.org/our-work/r… FISA "Reform" and Reauthorization Act: The Biggest Expansion in Government Surveillance Since the... A one-page document compiled by the Brennan Center for Justice and the Electronic Privacy Information Center that illustrates how the FISA "Reform" and Reauthorization Act is the biggest expansion in... brennancenter.org 40 2,011 80 5,512 Elizabeth Goitein @LizaGoitein 11 Dec 2023 Instead, they should vote for the Protect Liberty & End Warrantless Surveillance Act, a bill passed by the House Judiciary Committee on a 35-2 vote that would reauthorize Sec. 702 with strong reforms to protect Americans’ privacy and civil liberties. 11/11 judiciary.house.gov/media/pr… House Judiciary Committee Applauds Bipartisan Passage of H.R. 6570, the Protect Liberty and End... WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), Ranking Member Jerry Nadler (D-NY), Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Chairman Andy Biggs... judiciary.house.gov 116 1,902 62 6,390
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https://twitter.com/LizaGoitein/status/1734249938333167889 Elizabeth Goitein @LizaGoitein 11 Dec 2023 RED ALERT: Buried in the House intelligence committee’s Section 702 “reform” bill, which is schedule for a floor vote as soon as tomorrow, is the biggest expansion of surveillance inside the United States since the Patriot Act. 1/11
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Been telling you need to build global p2p nets for years, no one listens. So you're gonna get fucked like sheep. @michelleweekley 25 Dec 2023 When I can back to the United States in 2018 after being abroad for several years, I started saying that the censorship here was worse than China. Obviously this was a hot take. But my thesis is that at least in China, the rules are clear. They’re very black and white about their censorship. In the US, there was still a charade. Many people thought I was crazy but 2020 woke many people up. Started on January 1, 2024 @TMobile will begin fining customers for speech they don’t like. Not limited to but including SHAFT content. What’s that? 👇🏼 S: Sexually inappropriate content H: Hate speech or profanity A: Alcohol F: Firearms, and depictions or endorsements of violence T: Tobacco (including vaping), or endorsement of illegal or illicit drugs, including marijuana and cannabis The charade that they’re “not” reading the content of your text messages is over. The charade that the first amendment still stands, is over. The charade that Americans are not subject to politically objective “hate speech” regulations, is over. I genuinely don’t know what the answer is. I’m not sure there is one. But awareness is extremely important. Speak up.
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The USA CISA Govt Agency are your Corrupt 1984 Censors too. But wait, there's more coming to fuck you into Dystopia, and you stupid sheep continue to bend over for that totalitarian cock... U.S. Senate bill crafted with DEA targets end-to-end encryption https://therecord.media/senate-dea-bill-targets-end-to-end-encryption-requires-companies-to-report-drugs US senate coming after users privacy. A Senate bill called the Cooper Davis Act aims to require social media companies and encrypted communications providers to report drug activity on their platforms to the DEA. Privacy advocates are concerned that this legislation would turn these companies into de facto drug enforcement agents and expose them to liability for providing end-to-end encryption. The bill includes controversial language that holds companies accountable for conduct they don't report if they deliberately blind themselves to violations. Law enforcement argues that end-to-end encryption creates a lawless space for criminals, while privacy advocates argue that determining drug sales is more challenging than identifying child sexual abuse material. The bill's potential impact on encryption and privacy is a cause for concern.
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nitter Logo Name Redacted @NameRedacted247 United States Joined December 2022 Tweets 208 Following 145 Followers 36,490 Likes 108 61 Photos and videos Tweets Tweets & Replies Media Search Load newest Name Redacted @NameRedacted247 7 Dec 2022 1. @elonmusk , Your new company @Twitter has many ex FBI/CIA agents in high ranks. Should probably do a little housecleaning. Thread 🧵 1,295 9,639 2,432 22,010 Name Redacted @NameRedacted247 7 Dec 2022 2. Kevin Michelena - current Twitter Sr. Corporate Security Analyst. Ex FBI Intelligence Analyst 12 years linkedin.com/in/kevin-p-mich… 54 1,247 52 4,531 Name Redacted @NameRedacted247 7 Dec 2022 3. Doug Hunt - current Twitter Senior Director. Ex FBI Special Agent 20 years. linkedin.com/in/doug-hunt-42… Doug Hunt - Senior Director - Twitter | LinkedIn Doug has over 25 years of experience solving high risk crises and complex investigations. Doug repeatedly demonstrates the ability to successfully build and motivate teams while developing the... linkedin.com 28 1,087 20 4,141 Name Redacted @NameRedacted247 7 Dec 2022 4. Mark Jaroszewski - current Twitter Director Corporate Security/Risk. Ex FBI 20 years linkedin.com/in/mark-jaro/ Mark Jaroszewski - San Francisco Bay Area | Professional Profile | LinkedIn View Mark Jaroszewski’s professional profile on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is the world’s largest business network, helping professionals like Mark Jaroszewski discover inside connections to recommended job... linkedin.com 12 1,039 14 3,937 Load more
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nitter Logo Name Redacted @NameRedacted247 United States Joined December 2022 Tweets 208 Following 145 Followers 36,490 Likes 108 61 Photos and videos Tweets Tweets & Replies Media Search Load newest Name Redacted retweeted Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie 10 Dec 2022 Why does the FBI need a retirement plan when they have Twitter? Name Redacted @NameRedacted247 7 Dec 2022 1. @elonmusk , Your new company @Twitter has many ex FBI/CIA agents in high ranks. Should probably do a little housecleaning. Thread 🧵 Show this thread 226 1,110 37 5,605 Name Redacted retweeted Breanna Morello @BreannaMorello 14 Dec 2022 Great work by @NameRedacted247 for uncovering this story. Back on Monday we covered @NameRedacted247’s findings on @AbsoluteWithE and we also gave him credit for his investigation. Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson 14 Dec 2022 What are Spies doing working for Social Media companies? @ElonMusk should take a look at anyone in the FBI, Intel community or any foreign operatives currently working for Twitter and make sure there are no more Jim Bakers working against him from the inside.. 11 96 3 243 Name Redacted retweeted TheLastRefuge @TheLastRefuge2 10 Dec 2022 This is exceptional. Well done. Takes effort that should be appreciated. And I have not always been in agreement with NameRedacted, but this deserves major kudos. Name Redacted @NameRedacted247 7 Dec 2022 1. @elonmusk , Your new company @Twitter has many ex FBI/CIA agents in high ranks. Should probably do a little housecleaning. Thread 🧵 Show this thread 29 225 5 630 Name Redacted retweeted Sebastian Gorka DrG @SebGorka 11 Dec 2022 Twitter is still full of FBI and CIA conduits. 👇🏻 Name Redacted @NameRedacted247 7 Dec 2022 1. @elonmusk , Your new company @Twitter has many ex FBI/CIA agents in high ranks. Should probably do a little housecleaning. Thread 🧵 Show this thread 87 648 22 2,034 Name Redacted retweeted Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays 10 Dec 2022 Holy Mole-y. Name Redacted @NameRedacted247 7 Dec 2022 1. @elonmusk , Your new company @Twitter has many ex FBI/CIA agents in high ranks. Should probably do a little housecleaning. Thread 🧵 Show this thread 132 486 24 2,372 Name Redacted retweeted Elon Musk @elonmusk 10 Dec 2022 Twitter is both a social media company and a crime scene 35,117 93,329 8,493 683,790 Name Redacted @NameRedacted247 9 Dec 2022 .@jack lied to Congress. That's a crime. What say you Jack Dorsey? Terri Green @TerriGreenUSA 9 Dec 2022 Jack Dorsey denied what we knew was true, Twitter was rigged to censor conservatives. 20 181 5 431 Name Redacted @NameRedacted247 7 Dec 2022 5. Douglas Turner - current Twitter Senior Manager, Corporate and Executive Security Services. Ex FBI 14 years. Ex Secret Service 7 years. linkedin.com/in/turnerdoug37… 17 970 15 3,721 Name Redacted @NameRedacted247 7 Dec 2022 6. Patrick G. - current Twitter Head of Corporate Security. Ex FBI Special Agent 23 years. linkedin.com/in/p98378573839… 11 934 12 3,564 Name Redacted @NameRedacted247 7 Dec 2022 7. Karen Walsh - current Twitter Director - Corporate Resilience. Ex FBI Special Agent 21 years linkedin.com/in/karen-walsh/ Karen Walsh - Director - Corporate Resilience - Twitter | LinkedIn View Karen Walsh’s profile on LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional community. Karen has 4 jobs listed on their profile. See the complete profile on LinkedIn and discover Karen’s connections and... linkedin.com 14 909 14 3,445 Name Redacted @NameRedacted247 7 Dec 2022 8. Russell Handorf - current Twitter Senior Staff Technical Program Manager. Ex FBI 10 years. linkedin.com/in/handorf/ 10 855 9 3,312 Name Redacted @NameRedacted247 7 Dec 2022 9. Michael B. - current Twitter Senior Corporate Security Manager. Ex FBI 23 years. linkedin.com/in/michaelbertr… Michael B. - Crisis Manager - Twitter | LinkedIn View Michael B.’s profile on LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional community. Michael has 4 jobs listed on their profile. See the complete profile on LinkedIn and discover Michael’s connections... linkedin.com 10 839 8 3,229 Name Redacted @NameRedacted247 7 Dec 2022 10. Vincent Lucero - current Twitter Senior Security Manager. Ex FBI Special Agent 22 years. linkedin.com/in/vincent-luce… 16 855 10 3,238 Name Redacted @NameRedacted247 7 Dec 2022 11. Kevin L. - current Twitter Corporate Security Manager. Ex FBI Special Agent 25 years. linkedin.com/in/kevin-l-a570… 12 776 6 3,059 Name Redacted @NameRedacted247 7 Dec 2022 12. Matthew W. - current Twitter Senior Director of Product Trust, Revenue Policy, and Counsel Systems & Analytics. Ex FBI 15 years. linkedin.com/in/matthew-w-61… 13 762 12 2,976 Name Redacted @NameRedacted247 7 Dec 2022 13. Claire O. - current Twitter Senior Corporate Security Analyst. Ex FBI 8 years. linkedin.com/in/claireobrien… Claire O. - Portland, Oregon, United States | Professional Profile | LinkedIn View Claire O.’s professional profile on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is the world’s largest business network, helping professionals
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nitter Logo Name Redacted @NameRedacted247 United States Joined December 2022 Tweets 210 Following 145 Followers 36,483 Likes 107 61 Photos and videos Tweets Tweets & Replies Media Search Load newest Name Redacted @NameRedacted247 19 Dec 2022 1. After learning that Twitter employs at least 15 former FBI agents, I searched Facebook. What I found is alarming Facebook currently employs at least 115 people, in high-ranking positions, that formerly worked at FBI/CIA/NSA/DHS: 17 CIA 37 FBI 23 NSA 38 DHS Thread🧵 1,436 17,035 1,818 29,556 Name Redacted @NameRedacted247 19 Dec 2022 2. All, but a few, of the former intelligence agents were hired, by Facebook after the 2016 Presidential Election & after the FBI established their social media-focused task force FTIF. 25 1,144 36 3,757 Name Redacted @NameRedacted247 19 Dec 2022 3. As @mtaibbi detailed in #TwitterFiles Part 6, we know there was massive coordination of censorship between the FBI & Twitter during 2020-2022. Who is controlling “misinfo” censorship at Facebook? Is there similar coordination between Facebook & the Intelligence community? 39 974 29 3,526 Name Redacted @NameRedacted247 19 Dec 2022 4. The following is a list (obtained through PUBLICLY available LinkedIn profiles) of former CIA/FBI/NSA/DHS that are currently working at Facebook, at least 10 work in the Trust & Safety (Misinfo) department. Many of the LinkedIn profiles are private so those will not be posted. 14 898 24 2,918 Name Redacted @NameRedacted247 19 Dec 2022 5. Aaron Berman (He/Him) leads the Misinformation Policy team at Facebook. According to Aaron’s public LinkedIn profile, he worked for the CIA for 17 years. linkedin.com/in/aarondberman… 75 1,329 65 3,821 Name Redacted @NameRedacted247 19 Dec 2022 6. Aaron states that his experience at the CIA included writing President’s Daily Brief, leading briefings for Cabinet members, senior NSC officials & members of Congress. 7 658 17 2,307 Name Redacted @NameRedacted247 19 Dec 2022 7. On Twitter, Aaron is followed by Yoel Roth & admits he is friends with Trust & Safety people at Twitter. Was Facebook coordinating with Twitter on info-sharing to censor posts they deem as ‘misinfo’? archive.vn/7r2vX This tweet is unavailable 52 872 24 2,861 Name Redacted @NameRedacted247 19 Dec 2022 8. Aaron admits to specific Facebook campaigns where he tackles “misinfo.” Re: COVID19, they allow ‘health authorities’ to guide what Facebook should label as misinformation archive.vn/85N7v This tweet is unavailable 15 662 19 2,113 Name Redacted @NameRedacted247 19 Dec 2022 9. On a YouTube discussion, with Stanford, Aaron admits that Facebook works with a ‘Global network of over 80 fact checker Organizations” who direct Facebook on which posts to reduce distribution, add warning labels & shadowban 35 909 52 2,327 40,360 Name Redacted @NameRedacted247 19 Dec 2022 10. Aaron discusses in detail the lengths Facebook goes to in censoring what they deem as COVID19 misinfo, specifically on Vaccines 25 740 39 2,121 23,672 Name Redacted @NameRedacted247 19 Dec 2022 11. Here is the entire YouTube video where Aaron and members from Twitter & Google discuss misinformation censoring piped.kavin.rocks/watch?v=hB_YNbnt… The Role of Social Media Companies - Dr. Anne Merritt, Aaron Berman,... youtube.com 15 706 23 1,972 Name Redacted @NameRedacted247 19 Dec 2022 12.Brazil Election misinfo censorship. archive.vn/JSgET This tweet is unavailable 25 691 43 2,042 Name Redacted @NameRedacted247 19 Dec 2022 13.Philippines Election misinfo censorship. archive.vn/Mm15a This tweet is unavailable 9 593 17 1,797 Name Redacted @NameRedacted247 19 Dec 2022 14.Russia/Ukraine War misinfo censorship. archive.vn/9jAkq This tweet is unavailable 7 606 13 1,787 Name Redacted @NameRedacted247 19 Dec 2022 15. Aaron tweeted that the CIA backs insurgency groups archive.vn/i8KiE This tweet is unavailable 6 576 19 1,718 Name Redacted @NameRedacted247 19 Dec 2022 16.“As a current combatant against misinfo and former intelligence officer” archive.vn/9jAkq This tweet is unavailable 12 463 11 1,583 Name Redacted @NameRedacted247 19 Dec 2022 17. Climate change censorship & again, Aaron states that Facebook partners “with more than 80 independent fact-checking organizations” archive.vn/gArWb archive.vn/6ijCS This tweet is unavailable 15 578 20 1,750 Name Redacted @NameRedacted247 19 Dec 2022 18.Deborah B. (She/Her). Current Facebook Trust & Safety. Former CIA Analyst 15 years. linkedin.com/in/deborah-b-21… Deborah B. - United States | Professional Profile | LinkedIn View Deborah B.’s professional profile on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is the world’s largest business network, helping professionals like Deborah B. discover inside connections to recommended job candidates,... linkedin.com 6 523 13 1,534 Name Redacted @NameRedacted247 19 Dec 2022 19.Scott S. (He/Him) current Facebook Senior Manager Trust & Safety. Former CIA 7 years. linkedin.com/in/scottbstern/ 5 489 9 1,517 Name Redacted
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Juan caught wanking to Pelosi again... Roomba Robot Vacuum Testers Find "Intimate" Photos Of Themselves On The Web https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2023/01/11/roomba-testers-feel-misled-after-intimate-pictures-are-posted-to-facebook-by-foreign-gig-workers/ Well, it looks like you can score one for all of the "conspiracy theorists" who have said they don't like "smart" appliances in their home because they feel like they were being spied on. And you can tell those writing off these concerns that intimate photos of some Roomba tester vacuums have magically turned up on Facebook after being ascertained by Venezuelan gig workers. One woman even found photographs of herself on the toilet, taken by her robot vacuum. What a time to be alive! Breitbart reported last week that gig workers had posted pictures online where they were discussing "work-related matters". One photo was a woman sitting on a toilet seat with her shorts pulled down to her mid thighs - it was taken by her Roomba J7 series robot vacuum, the report says. The photos were sent to iRobot by Scale AI, a startup that contracts workers to label AI data used to train artificial intelligence, the report says. Users had agreed to "participate in the data collection" as part of a testing. They signed consent forms but now say they feel "misled" about the true nature of the consent. Albert Fox Cahn, executive director of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, told Brietbart: “There is a real concern about whether the company is being deceptive if people are signing up for this sort of highly invasive type of surveillance and never fully understand… what they’re agreeing to.” The MIT Technology Review conducted an investigation and determined it to be gig workers in Venezuela. There were also photos of a child and a woman using the restroom, the report says. iRobot has terminated its agreement with ScaleAI in response to the investigation.
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Democrats Pelosi Obama Biden Kept Immoral Unconstitutional NSA CIA FBI Domestic Ops Running Edward Snowden @Snowden 3h After the last couple years, hard to ignore the feeling that the CIA's Color Revolutions are coming home. We may come to regret spending decades normalizing the practice of disregarding elections, the precedent for ousting presidents. 258 1,333 77 6,334 Edward Snowden retweeted LindyMan @PaulSkallas Jan 5 I don't know what's going on over there. But I hope everyone is ok 181 411 107 4,130 Show this thread Edward Snowden @Snowden Jan 7 skim milk is a crime 2,998 2,289 459 32,983 Edward Snowden @Snowden Jan 7 look it had to be said 226 116 7 4,005 Edward Snowden retweeted Edward Snowden @Snowden 18 Jul 2022 people are like "I'm not going to eat the crickets." oh you're gonna eat the crickets, brother. they're gonna be everywhere. they're gonna put em in Hot Pockets. your kids are gonna be like "mom! i want the pizza crickets!" 2,165 5,803 1,302 36,068 Edward Snowden @Snowden Jan 7 delivering a sermon on the dangers of "seed oils" as he washes down his Whopper™ with a liter of Mountain Dew™ 409 658 73 11,048 Edward Snowden retweeted Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald Jan 5 The reason this matters - beyond the key role Obama and Pelosi played in preserving NSA domestic spying - is that a handful of establishment leaders in both parties agree on most things, and rule the country together as a club. Most members have no power: Joshua Reed Eakle @JoshEakle Jan 4 Replying to @JoshEakle "The fundamental problem in Congress is the centralization of power... As speaker, I'd decentralize and open up the process." @justinamash Show this thread 59 520 26 1,981 Show this thread Edward Snowden retweeted Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald Jan 5 The incident Amash is referencing is amazing. In the wake of the Snowden reporting, there was huge bipartisan support for reining in the NSA's domestic spying. Amash and John Conyers co-wrote a bill poised to pass. Then Obama got Nancy Peolsi to whip enough Dem votes to sink it👇 49 754 27 2,489 Show this thread Edward Snowden retweeted Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald Jan 5 Listen to this @justinamash clip, putting his finger on something vital: Joshua Reed Eakle @JoshEakle Jan 4 Replying to @JoshEakle "In Congress, there are basically 3, 4, or 5 people deciding everything right now." @justinamash Show this thread 84 811 48 3,039 Show this thread Edward Snowden retweeted Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald Jan 4 Adam Schiff is (for now) the Chair of the House Intelligence Committee - with immense power over Big Tech and FBI/CIA - so when he "requests" that Big Tech platforms ban journalists who are his critics, it's inherently coercive and, in any event, completely improper: Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi Jan 3 Replying to @mtaibbi 27.They also received an astonishing variety of requests from officials asking for individuals they didn’t like to be banned. Here, the office for Democrat and House Intel Committee chief Adam Schiff asks Twitter to ban journalist Paul Sperry: Show this thread 154 1,780 66 5,622 Show this thread Edward Snowden @Snowden Jan 4 This was more than 15 years ago now, but at the actual CIA, the default password used by the systems engineering team for *all kinds* of things was basically "password1234". Not a joke. Sam Bankman-Fraud @bankman_fraud Jan 4 Replying to @Snowden Was the password to the file "password" 577 2,552 246 20,302 Edward Snowden @Snowden Jan 4 The other ones were kept on the desktop in a spreadsheet called "passwords.xls" 300 527 28 7,501 Edward Snowden @Snowden Jan 4 The US gov, through the FBI, had the censorship units at major internet platforms on speed dial. Public figures that claimed such a year ago were cast out of polite society as lunatics. When it is now established to be true, the same polite people now shrug: "Trust the ruler." Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi Jan 3 Replying to @mtaibbi 24.They eventually settled on an industry call via Signal. In an impressive display of operational security, Chan circulated private numbers of each company’s chief moderation officer in a Word Doc marked “Signal Phone Numbers,” subject-lined, “List of Numbers.” Show this thread 230 3,221 117 11,864 Edward Snowden @Snowden Jan 4 There is the faintest sense of deja vu with this one. 92 334 11 4,088 Edward Snowden retweeted Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi Jan 3 12.Roth saw GEC’s move as an attempt by the GEC to use intel from other agencies to “insert themselves” into the content moderation club that included Twitter, Facebook, the FBI, DHS, and others: 55 1,991 48 9,942 Show this thread Edward Snowden retweeted Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi Jan 3 25.Twitter was taking requests from every conceivable government body, beginning with the Senate Intel Committee (SSCI), which seemed to need reassurance Twitter was taking FBI direction. Execs rushed to tell “Team SSCI” they zapped five accounts on an FBI tip: 87 3,026 151 11,159 Show this thread Edward Snowden retweeted Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi Jan 3 26.Requ
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Google is the CIA's best TOP-SECRET friend. 1984. "Users Have A Right To Know": Class Action Lawsuit Sheds Light Onto Google's Opaque Data-Mining Practices https://www.marketwatch.com/story/i-dont-have-the-faintest-idea-what-google-has-on-me-google-fell-short-on-privacy-promises-employees-say-11668779086 It turns out that big tech companies may not be as committed to your privacy as their PR departments would have you believe - go figure. The latest example of this reality appears to be Google, who was revealed last week by MarketWatch to have data-mining practices that employees say that they sometimes “don’t understand and can’t describe”. The report cited a class action lawsuit alleging that Google "violated promises not to collect data of those using the browser without signing into their Google accounts". Documents recently became unsealed in the case, offering a look into how privacy is discussed internally at Google. In the lawsuit, one unnamed employee seemed to make it clear that Google's privacy policies are opaque, stating: “I don’t have the faintest idea what Google has on me. The fact what we can’t explain what we have […] on users is probably our biggest challenge." “Users have a right to know,” one employee said. Another commented: "The reasons we provide are so high level and abstract that they don’t make sense to people.” A third employee said: “Consent is no longer consent if you think of ads as a product." Additional employees seemed to solidify the ethos within the company. A former employee who recently left the company said: “I am more than willing to believe this is how executives talked to each other." “Even people I was organizationally close to, knew well, and respected, were finding ways to justify that stuff to themselves,” they said about the company's privacy teams. “The individual contributors [on Google’s privacy teams] are always idealistic people. Some of these quotes [from the case] look to me like things that idealistic people would say; others look like things management would say when the idealistic people aren’t around.” When asked by MarketWatch, Google responded to the report by stating that “privacy controls have long been built into our services and we encourage our teams to constantly discuss or consider ideas to improve them.” As the report notes, ads are a material revenue generator for Google, making up $209.5 billion in sales for the company in its 2021 fiscal year.
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Report Shows FBI Spied On 3.3 Million Americans Without A Warrant, GOP Demands Answers https://www.theepochtimes.com/report-shows-fbi-spied-on-3-3-million-americans-without-a-warrant-gop-demands-answers_4487840.html https://republicans-judiciary.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/2022-05-24-JDJ-MT-to-Wray-FISA.pdf Top House Republicans are demanding answers from the FBI after court-ordered information came to light showing that the federal agency had collected the information of over 3 million Americans without a warrant. Republican Representative from Ohio Jim Jordan speaks during the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Policing Practices and Law Enforcement Accountability at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on June 10, 2020. (Michael Reynolds/Pool/Getty Images) In a May 25 letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray, Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Mike Turner (R-Ohio) asked Wray to explain why his agency had wiretapped and gathered personal information on over 3.3 million Americans without a warrant (pdf). Limited authority to gather foreign intelligence information is granted by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Specifically, section 702 of the bill says: “the Attorney General (AG) and the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) may jointly authorize the targeting of (i) non-U.S. persons (ii) who are reasonably believed to be outside of the United States (iii) to acquire foreign intelligence information.” However, this power can grant an expanding circle of possible searches to the FBI and other intel agencies, who can use the same power against American citizens who had any interaction with targeted foreigners. Historically, insight into how FISA has been used against American citizens has been limited and hidden behind classified reports. However, a November 2020 decision by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC)—which serves as a watchdog for U.S. intelligence agencies—required that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) report “the number of U.S. person queries run by the FBI against Section 702-acquired information.” In accordance with these new requirements, ODNI’s recently-released Annual Statistical Transparency Report included data on how often the FBI gathered information on American citizens using section 702 in 2021. In total, queries against U.S. citizens came out to a jaw-dropping 3,394,053 searches. By comparison, only 1,324,057 such queries were made in 2020, representing around a 250 percent increase during President Joe Biden’s first year in office. According to ODNI more than half of these queries—approximately 1.9 million—were part of the larger investigation of alleged Russian attempts to target or weaken U.S. critical infrastructure. The ODNI report also admitted that on at least four occasions, the FBI failed to get FISC approval before accessing the contents of information collected under section 702. This is not the first time the FBI has been caught red-handed overstepping its legal authority under section 702. In November 2020, the FISC announced that “the government … reported numerous incidents” in which the FBI reviewed information gathered under section 702 without obtaining proper permission from the court. On other occasions, the FISC noted, the FBI used section 702 for issues entirely unrelated to foreign intelligence. These included queries for criminal investigations about healthcare fraud, transnational organized crime, violent gangs, domestic terrorism involving racially motivated violent extremists, as well as investigations relating to public corruption and bribery.” “None of these queries was related to national security, and they returned numerous Section 702-acquired products in response,” the FISC noted. “Rigorous Congressional oversight of the FBI’s Section 702-related activities is essential given FBI’s track record utilizing its FISA authorities,” Jordan and Turner ruled in view of the FBI’s past overreach. FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington, on March 2, 2021. (Mandel Ngan-Pool/Getty Images) In their letter to Wray, Jordan and Turner laid out a laundry list of questions about the report, demanding further transparency and explanations on the revelation that the FBI has often overstepped its legal authority to spy on American citizens. Among other questions, they requested a full accounting of all 3,394,053 citizens who showed up in FBI queries and “[the] number of preliminary or full investigations into any U.S. citizens the FBI has initiated as a result of information obtained through any of these U.S. person queries, and the nature of the predication for each such investigation.” They also asked for information on the 1.9 million Americans queried over alleged Russian efforts to compromise U.S. critical infrastructure. Specifically, they asked for, “The rationale for why these queries were found to be compliant
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What Privacy Is For... https://cdn.harvardlawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/vol126_cohen.pdf https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/03/west-elm-caleb-tiktok-mob-villain/629423/
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https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kbbey/prison-phone-companies-are-recording-attorney-client-calls-across-the-us Prison Phone Companies Are Recording Attorney-Client Calls Across the US Lawyers say their conversations with incarcerated people are being recorded and analyzed by private companies in at least nine US states. But their harm doesn't stop at fleecing incarcerated people, formerly incarcerated people, and their families. Securus also has some invasive and even illegal surveillance practices, like creating voiceprint databases and recording attorney-client calls. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/incarcerated-home-rise-ankle-monitors-house-arrest-during-pandemic-n1273008 Electronic monitoring is not an alt to incarceration, it's e-carceration and expanding the system. As advocate @waazn1 once told me, "electronic monitors turn your home into a cell and your family into guards." Also, EM often comes with a fee. Incarcerated at home: The rise of ankle monitors and house arrest during the pandemic Researchers who study recidivism say the surveillance devices hurt people trying to get their life on track after prison and that there’s no evidence the technology is rehabilitative. Private prison corps are not subject to open records laws, such as the Freedom of Information Act, like public correctional agencies. Accordingly, their actions, communications, and subcontracts are shielded from public oversight. Companies are constantly promising to cover the world in sensors as a utopian project but it’s actually a threat.
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> Zuboff describes in The Age of Surveillance Capitalism > Zuboffs book and another called Black Box Society https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/03/03/1046676/police-surveillance-minnesota-george-floyd/ The secret police: Cops built a shadowy surveillance machine in Minnesota after George Floyd’s murder An investigation by MIT Technology Review reveals a sprawling, technologically sophisticated system in Minnesota designed for closely monitoring protesters. By Tate Ryan-Mosley Sam Richards March 3, 2022 Law enforcement agencies in Minnesota have been carrying out a secretive, long-running surveillance program targeting civil rights activists and journalists in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd in May 2020. Run under a consortium known as Operation Safety Net, the program was set up a year ago, ostensibly to maintain public order as Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin went on trial for Floyd’s murder. But an investigation by MIT Technology Review reveals that the initiative expanded far beyond its publicly announced scope to include expansive use of tools to scour social media, track cell phones, and amass detailed images of people’s faces. Documents obtained via public records requests show that the operation persisted long after Chauvin’s trial concluded. What’s more, they show that police used the extensive investigative powers they’d been afforded under the operation to monitor individuals who weren’t suspected of any crime. MIT Technology Review’s investigation includes thousands of documents and more than two dozen interviews with Minnesota state employees, policing experts, and activists. Taken together, they paint a picture of a state operation intent on identifying participants through secretive surveillance operations. Though it was undertaken by nonmilitary governmental agencies using public funds, large swaths of its inner workings have gone undisclosed. We found evidence of a complex engine of surveillance tailor-made for keeping close tabs on protesters and sharing that information among local and federal agencies, regardless of whether the subjects were suspected of any wrongdoing. Operation Safety Net (OSN) was announced in February 2021, a month before Chauvin’s trial was set to begin. At a press conference also attended by Hennepin County sheriff David Hutchinson, Medaria Arradondo, then Minneapolis’s police chief, described the effort as a unified command that would enable law enforcement officials to mount a regional response in case protests turned violent. Publicly, OSN acknowledged that federal agencies would assist in monitoring for threats of violence and activity by out-of-state extremist groups, and that an “intel team” would be established to help share information surrounding these threats. Our investigation shows that federal support for OSN was in fact extensive, involving the US Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. At least six FBI agents served in executive and intelligence roles for the program. According to OSN’s website, which was shut down on January 19, the program’s mission was to “preserve and protect lawful First Amendment nonviolent protests and demonstrations before, during, and after the trial of Chauvin, who was charged in George Floyd’s death.” The site added, “Operation Safety Net is also dedicated to preventing violent civil disturbances, assaultive actions, property damage, fires, and looting to government buildings, businesses, and critical infrastructure.” OSN hasn’t tweeted, posted on Facebook, or held a press conference since the week Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict was issued in April 2021. At that time, officials told the public that the program was “ramping down,” apart from weekly coordination meetings and preparations for future trials. “We are already starting to maneuver, move people off of property protection details,” Major General Shawn Manke of the Minnesota National Guard said at the time. “We’re preparing those soldiers and airmen to leave the Twin Cities metro area and head back to their locations.” In an email to MIT Technology Review in October 2021, spokesperson Doug Neville wrote that OSN is “not an ongoing operation.” However, according to emails obtained and reviewed as part of our investigation, the operation does appear to be actively ongoing, with regular planning meetings of the executive and intelligence teams—where it has been referred to as “OSN 2.0”—and sharing of intelligence documents. No information about the goals or extent of the new engagement has been publicly disclosed and officials contacted about the program denied it had been formally renewed. Documents unearthed as part of this investigation shine a light on secretive surveillance programs, new technology vendors, murky supply chains used to arm riot police, and several watch lists, as well as other previously unreported information. Taken together, they reveal how advanced surveillance tech
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> Musk whines about opensource ADS-B twitter tracker. FAA Grants FOIA Request To College Kid Who Tracks Elon Musk's Private Jet https://twitter.com/ElonJet https://twitter.com/JxckSweeney https://grndcntrl.net/falconlanding/docs/ https://twitter.com/JxckSweeney/status/1489845771130310656 The college kid who created a proprietary Twitter bot that tracks Elon Musk's private jet announced an FAA FOIA request "went through" and now can track three SpaceX jets. 19-year-old Jack Sweeney, the mad genius behind the Twitter account "Elon Musk's Jet," announced early Saturday morning that his "FAA FOIA request went thru, Now I have all the registration and airworthiness documents for all the SpaceX jets." My FAA FOIA request went thru, Now I have all the registration and airworthiness documents for all the SpaceX jets. https://t.co/znXWAqCQ9T — Jack Sweeney (@JxckSweeney) February 5, 2022 Elon Musk's Jet uses public flight data to track not just Musk's private jet but two others. Sweeney uploaded registration and airworthiness documents of three SpaceX jets (including Musk's Gulfstream G650 and two other Gulfstream G550s). Days ago, Musk blocked Sweeney on Twitter after the billionaire became annoyed that Elon Musk's Jet account has hundreds of thousands of followers tracking his location. Musk offered the kid a lousy $5k to delete the account last month. Sweeney responded to the billionaire and asked for $50k or a Tesla Model 3. Musk didn't comply and told him that he was concerned about "crazy people" tracking his location. Tracking corporate jets of dealmakers is nothing new. Quandl, a flight monitoring company that sells flight data, uncovered a Warren Buffett deal before it happened after a big shot in the oil and gas industry flew to Omaha, Nebraska. As we've said numerous times, Sweeney should offload his bots to hedge funds before Musk finds a way to nuke the account. "Elon might not be interested in my offer, but I'm sure hedge funds that already use flight data to track corporate execs will find my flight tracking software one of the best out there. It's because I'm working with the most extensive open network ADS-B Exchange which is practically the best coverage for flight tracking that doesn't block any corporate execs. We all know FlightAware and FlightRadar24, but they censor many flights of corporate execs. My software doesn't. The rapid increase in Twitter followers proves hundreds of thousands of people who want this data," Sweeney told us. A question we have for Sweeney: What's your endgame? Instead of asking for a Model 3, shoot for the stars and ask for a Plaid.
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Globalist Elites Give Privacy Options to Themselves but NONE FOR YOU! Musk whines about opensource ADS-B twitter tracker. Cops Judges Politicians Pharma and GovCorp all get the priviledged Secrecy Treatment. Apple Maps And Google Maps Blur Tim Cook's House After He Wins Restraining Order Against Stalker https://www.cultofmac.com/764740/apple-maps-hides-tim-cook-house/ Apple Maps doesn't seem to mind showing the whole world your neighborhood and your house, but when it comes to the privacy of CEO Tim Cook - well, that's a whole 'nother issue. The company's Maps app has erected a giant digital wall in Palo Alto, where Tim Cook lives in a "modern, four-bedroom condo," according to Cult of Mac. Google Maps has also followed suit. The change took place after Apple was granted a temporary restraining order against an alleged stalker, the report says. The stalker claimed to be Cook's wife (who wants to tell her?), had threatened Apple's boss and was also caught trespassing on his property. Court documents filed in Santa Clara County show "a temporary restraining order against an alleged stalker [that] contained copies of emails sent to Cook," which included his home address. His stalker once wrote to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Tim Cook on Twitter: “I notify you both unfollow each other. I can smell, see, and feel both of you. Tim Cook is my bed man. My husband, my twins’ daddy. Stop doing that shit!” Google offered a similar service to Billie Eilish’s primary residence after she was also granted a TRO last year due to a stalker that kept showing up at her home.
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https://www.blacklocks.ca/feds-admit-cell-surveillance/ https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadas-public-health-agency-admits-it-tracked-33-million-mobile-devices-during-lockdown https://www.telus.com/en/about/privacy/data-for-good Canada Admits To Secretly Tracking 33 Million Phones During Covid-19 Lockdown Canada - which has a population of 38 million - has admitted to secretly tracking 33 million phones during the Covid-19 lockown, according to the National Post, citing Blacklock's Reporter which first noted the disclosure. The country's Public Health Agency (PHAC) did so to assess "the public’s responsiveness during lockdown measures," according to the report. In March, the Agency awarded a contract to the Telus Data For Good program to provide “de-identified and aggregated data” of movement trends in Canada. The contract expired in October, and PHAC no longer has access to the location data, the spokesperson said. -National Post "Evidence is coming in from many sources, from countries around the world, that what was seen as a huge surveillance surge — post 9/11 — is now completely upstaged by pandemic surveillance," according to "Pandemic Surveillance" author David Lyon, the former director of the Surveillance Studies Centre and Queen's University in Ontario. "I think that the Canadian public will find out about many other such unauthorized surveillance initiatives before the pandemic is over—and afterwards." Location and movement data was purchased from Canadian telecom giant Telus in order to "understand possible links between the movement of populations within Canada and the spread of COVID-19," according to an agency spokesperson, who said that the mobility data analysis "helps to advance public health objectives." Privacy advocates say public health monitoring jeopradizes user privacy. (via National Post) Meanwhile, PHAC intends to continue tracking population movement for at least the next five years to monitor behavior concerning "other infectious diseases, chronic disease prevention and mental health," the spokesperson added. In a notice posted earlier this week, the agency called for contractors with access to “cell-tower/operator location data in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and for other public health applications.” It asks for “de-identified cell-tower based location data from across Canada” beginning from from Jan. 2019 until the end of the contract period on May 31, 2023, with possibility of three one-year extensions. The contractor must provide anonymized data to PHAC and ensure its users have the ability to easily opt-out of mobility data sharing programs, the agency says. PHAC’s privacy management division conducted an assessment and “determined that since no personal information is being acquired through this contract, there are no concerns under the Privacy Act,” the spokesperson said. -National Post According to Lyon, PHAC is using "the same kinds of 'reassuring' language as national security agencies use, for instance not mentioning possibilities for re-identifying data that has been 'de-identified.'" "In principle, of course, cell data can be used for tracking," he added. "The pandemic has created opportunities for a massive surveillance surge on many levels—not only for public health, but also for monitoring those working, shopping and learning from home."
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-22/amazon-s-voice-controlled-smart-speaker-alexa-can-t-hold-customer-interest-docs "Alexa, You're Fired" - A Quarter Of Users Abandon Spying Devices Within 2 Weeks Anyone with an Amazon Alexa device has likely noticed that the smart speaker has tried to upsell them while asking about the weather in the last few months. This is because Amazon understands there is fading interest in its money-losing Alexa voice-controlled smart speaker division. According to internal data obtained by Bloomberg, 15% to 25% of new Alexa users during 2018 through 2021 completely abandoned the device in the second week of ownership. Amazon concluded that the market for smart speakers had "passed its growth phase" last year and would only grow 1.2% annually moving forward. The company lost $5 on average per Alexa device sold, and by 2028 expects to halve that number. Generating revenue through the Alexa devices has been challenging, hence why Alexa now has features that tell you what to wear when asking about the weather and even suggest buying those clothes on Amazon. These statistics don't paint an excellent outlook for Amazon's money-losing Alexa division that employs more than 10,000 people with fixed costs of around $4.2 billion in 2021. Even though Amazon has focused on new ways to regain user retention, maybe people are just tired of Alexa smart devices spying on them. There have been countless complaints, 75,000 and counting, of Amazon users fed up with the company's surveillance capitalism tactics to harvest their data with the core purpose of profit-making. This has spawned into at least three class-action suits alleging that Amazon devices recorded people without permission. The always-on microphone has sparked controversy with privacy advocates, and their calls to drop the devices have grown louder. Perhaps people are figuring out that having a corporation monitoring their conversations is too intrusive and why user retention is sinking.
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Neighbor spats around globe setting case law... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-58911296 https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Fairhurst-v-Woodard-Judgment-1.pdf A judge has ruled that security cameras and a Ring doorbell installed in a house in Oxfordshire "unjustifiably invaded" the privacy of a neighbour, in a case that could have implications for home surveillance devices. Dr Mary Fairhurst claimed that the devices installed on the house of neighbour Jon Woodard broke data laws and contributed to harassment. The judge upheld both these claims. Mr Woodard now faces a substantial fine. He claimed he installed the devices in good faith as a deterrent against burglars. The origin of the row stems from an invitation from Mr Woodard to his neighbour Dr Fairhurst to have a tour of his home renovations, during which she claimed he showed off his new security system. The judgement reads that Dr Fairhurst was "alarmed and appalled" to notice that he had a camera mounted on his shed and that footage from it was sent to his smartphone. A series of disputes about the cameras followed, which resulted in Dr Fairhurst moving out of her home. In the judgement it was found that the Ring doorbell captured images of the claimant's house and garden, while the shed camera covered almost the whole of her garden and her parking space.
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> https://news.yahoo.com/government-secretly-orders-google-track-151000879.html > https://www.businessinsider.com/google-police-keyword-warrant-provide-search-term-data-report-2021-10 Remember... the news you see is only a TINY fraction the scope of story that exists... there are thousands of these illegal and immoral blanket trolling "warrants" spyveillancing everyone on the planet every day... it's not to catch or stop anything, else they would have trot out all their wins they claim to be getting since decades, but they have none of real note... it's really FUD, a way for their money, power, political, influence, manipulation, control, enslavement, jailing dissidents and the entirety of humanity seeking freedom from such power. Fight back. https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2021/10/04/google-keyword-warrants-give-us-government-data-on-search-users/ https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21077351-google-keyword-warrant-in-austin-2018 https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21077350-google-keyword-warrant-2-in-austin-2018 https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21077355-google-keyword-search-austin-2018-3 https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21077356-microsoft-keyword-warrant-in-austin-2018 https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21077357-yahoo-keyword-warrant-austin-2018 "Keyword Warrants" - Feds Secretly Ordered Google To Identify Anyone Searching Certain Information An accidentally unsealed court document reveals that the federal government secretly ordered Google to provide data on people searching specific search words or phrases, otherwise known as "keyword warrants," according to Forbes. According to the report, the Justice Department inadvertently unsealed the documents in September (which were promptly re-sealed), which were reviewed by Forbes. In several instances, law enforcement investigators asked Google to identify anyone searching for specific keywords. The first case was in 2019 when federal investigators were on the hunt for men they believed sex-trafficked a minor. According to a search warrant, the minor went missing but reappeared a year later and claimed to have been kidnapped and sexually assaulted. Investigators asked Google if anyone had searched the minor's name. The tech giant responded and provided law enforcement agents with Google accounts and IP addresses of those who made the searches. There have been other rare examples of so-called keyword warrants, such as in 2020 when police asked Google if anyone searched for the address of an arson victim in the government's racketeering case against singer R Kelly. Then in 2017, a Minnesota judge requested Google to provide information on anyone who searched for a fraud victim's name. Forbes also added this update post-publication: After publication, Jennifer Lynch, surveillance litigation director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), highlighted three other Google keyword warrants that were used in the investigation into serial Austin bombings in 2018, which resulted in the deaths of two people. Not widely discussed at the time, the orders appear even broader than the one above, asking for IP addresses and Google account information of individuals who searched for various addresses and some terms associated with bomb making, such as “low explosives” and “pipe bomb.” Similar orders were served on Microsoft and Yahoo for their respective search engines. As for what data the tech companies gave to investigators, that information remains under seal. You can read the orders on Google here, here and here. The Microsoft and Yahoo orders can be found here and here. Every year, Google responds to thousands of warrant orders, but the latest keyword warrant is an entirely new strategy by government investigators and is becoming increasingly controversial. "Trawling through Google's search history database enables police to identify people merely based on what they might have been thinking about, for whatever reason, at some point in the past," Jennifer Granick, surveillance and cybersecurity counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union, told Forbes. "This never-before-possible technique threatens First Amendment interests and will inevitably sweep up innocent people, especially if the keyword terms are not unique and the time frame not precise. To make matters worse, police are currently doing this in secret, which insulates the practice from public debate and regulation," she added. Google responded news about secret keyword warrants and defended its decision: "As with all law enforcement requests, we have a rigorous process that is designed to protect the privacy of our users while supporting the important work of law enforcement," a Google spokesperson said. Court records reviewed by Forbes show Google has given away data on people who searched for specific keywords, which is more evidence the US is transforming into an authoritarian state of monitoring and surveillance of online
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So where was this Nazi-Fag-Moron-Loser, Gramps when the Freeping Goopers bought in all this domestic spying? http://www.lair.xent.com/pipermail/fork/2003-July/023219.html I mean at least some of us tried to stop these fascist right-wing GOP criminals.
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> Tucker: NSA planned to leak my emails to media outlets Now the NSA and its inbred OIG, both of which report to Democrat bosses, is investigating itself for what will likely yet again turn out to be yet another Democrat scheme of Govt spy wrongdoing to slander and shutdown the very popular opposition voice in Carlson... NSA's Inspector General Opens Probe Into Allegations Of Illegal Spying On Tucker Carlson https://greenwald.substack.com/p/the-nsas-inspector-general-opens https://oig.nsa.gov/Portals/71/Reports/Announcements/NSAOIG_Review_Alleged_Targeting_Media.pdf https://therecord.media/nsa-review-finds-that-tucker-carlsons-communications-were-not-targeted/ https://www.axios.com/tucker-carlson-putin-interview-surveillance-c9952d7c-33d7-45e9-be68-2ba4c3817f98.html The independent watchdog agency which investigates potential wrongdoing by the National Security Agency (NSA) announced on Tuesday morning that it has opened an investigation into “recent allegations that the NSA improperly targeted the communications of a member of the U.S. news media.” Though the oversight unit, the NSA’s Office of the Inspector General, did not specify the journalist in question, the statement leaves no doubt that the investigation pertains to news reports that the identity of Fox News host Tucker Carlson had been improperly “unmasked” and illegally revealed within the intelligence community. The full statement from the Inspector General reads: SUBJECT: Review Related to Alleged NSA Targeting of a Member of the U.S. Media The National Security Agency Office of the Inspector General (OIG) announced that it is conducting a review related to recent allegations that the NSA improperly targeted the communications of a member of the U.S. news media. The OIG is examining NSA’s compliance with applicable legal authorities and Agency policies and procedures regarding collection, analysis, reporting, and dissemination activities, including unmasking procedures, and whether any such actions were based upon improper considerations. If circumstances warrant, the OIG will consider other issues that may arise during the review. The NSA’s Inspector General, Robert P. Storch, is a long-time Executive Branch functionary. He was first appointed to this position by President Obama in 2016 but failed to receive Senate confirmation. He was then re-appointed by President Trump in 2018 and the Senate then confirmed him. A widely respected bureaucrat in Washington, he also previously served as deputy Inspector General in Obama’s Justice Department, and, prior to that, was a federal prosecutor. It is, to put it mildly, difficult to imagine him opening an investigation into frivolous allegations. The scandal began when Carlson announced on his show in late June that he had heard from a source inside the government that the NSA was in possession of his communications, as proven by their knowledge of what he was doing. The NSA then issued a meaningless non-denial denial, insisting that the Fox host “has never been an intelligence target of the Agency.” Even Fox’s critics acknowledge the irrelevance of that claim: there are many ways for the NSA to spy on an American citizen without having them be a formal “target” of the agency. In a follow-up interview on Fox, Carlson said he was told by a second source that the NSA had discovered his attempts to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin and viewed leaking of that information as potentially damaging to his reputation. Corporate media outlets largely sided with the NSA, mocking Carlson for being conspiratorial and even accusing him of fabricating a story. One might think that journalists would have more interest in finding out whether the NSA was abusing their powers to discredit a journalist than cheering the security state for partisan reasons, but one would be wrong. Disdain for Carlson’s claims were widespread in media circles. But Carlson’s concerns appeared to be at least partially corroborated when Axios’ Jonathan Swan reported that “U.S. government officials learned about Carlson's efforts to secure the Putin interview.” Though Swan emphasized that none of this meant that the NSA was targeting Carlson for surveillance or even that his communications had been “incidentally” collected — meaning that the NSA read his emails or heard his conversations because he was communicating with one of their targets — their knowledge of Carlson’s activities raised the question of whether Carlson’s identity had been “unmasked” by the agency. As Swan wrote: In order to know that the texts and emails were Carlson's, a U.S. government official would likely have to request his identity be unmasked, something that's only permitted if the unmasking is necessary to understand the intelligence. When the NSA learns about the communications or activities of an American citizen without having a warrant from the FISA court to spy on that person, they are required by law to engage in “minimizatio
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Tucker: NSA planned to leak my emails to media outlets https://nypost.com/2021/07/07/tucker-carlson-claims-he-was-unmasked-by-nsa-for-seeking-putin-interview/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9bKEPWviEU Tucker: NSA Disclosed My Emails https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlitOLX8KtU SpyVeillance: People are Concerned https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-2n7lEi--M NSA Spying on US Citizens https://video.foxnews.com/v/6262789335001/ Glenn Greenwald on NSA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bll9mmodikM Styx's Pussy Responds
