[GRLUG] new Comcast mail blocking?

[Greg Folkert]

On Tue, 2008-12-16 at 11:03 -0500, Tim Schmidt wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Collin Kidder <adderd at kkmfg.com> wrote:
> > Yes, your comfort level shouldn't be very good with any internet
> > connection. One really must assume that all internet connections (in the
> > US) are either monitored by the NSA or could easily be monitored at any
> > time by them or someone else. That's why encryption is your friend. ;-)
> 
> The level of NSA monitoring of individual ISPs in unknown, though it's
> likely they have 'agreements' with most of the larger ones.  What we
> _do_ know is that the NSA actively monitors all traffic on the
> nation's fiber-optic backbones - this includes voice, internet, as
> well as point-to-point connections through telco networks.  So
> regardless of ISP, if your data is traversing more than a few hops
> away, it's passing through an NSA filter.
> 
> Scarier still, there are now several documented cases in which the FBI
> has submitted evidence obtained by remotely activating microphones in
> the possession of the defendant - once by activating and eavesdropping
> on the microphone built into newer cars in the OnStar system (with
> GM's help), and again by remotely activating the receiver microphone
> on a Nextel cell phone via covert software download.  The FBI (and
> possible state and local law enforcement) also have some interesting
> portable hardware that emulates a cell base station, prompting your
> phone to give up it's GPS location just as it would for a normal cell
> tower - but since the hardware is owned by law enforcement, they do
> not need to petition the FISA court for permission to use it - no
> warrants necessary.

And don't forget, as a Verizon customer... to do your *228 to update
your cell phones every month like a good doobie.

[snip]
> At this point in time...  communications is no fun.

Yes quite correct!
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