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Thread ID: 131693 2013-05-04 07:22:00 Are the authorities eavesdropping on ALL our digital communications? Zippity (58) PC World Chat
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1339643 2013-05-04 07:22:00 A story on CNN? yesterday had a spokesman heavily implying that ALL digital communications are not only intercepted but are being recorded also .



This statement has severe ramifications and connotations for all of us .



Does it mean that the Police, FBI, CIA or whoever posses the ability to resolve all crimes, and if so, then why aren't they doing it?



Is that what Waihopai's role is here in New Zealand?
Zippity (58)
1339644 2013-05-04 07:28:00 Sounds a bit like the KGB. ChazTheGeek (16619)
1339645 2013-05-04 07:29:00 Sounds like bullshit to me.
No agency has the manpower to do that.
DeSade (984)
1339646 2013-05-04 08:33:00 No, but they have the ability to because the government has legislated that the telcos etc must have to means to let it happen.

www.tcf.org.nz

www.legislation.govt.nz
decibel (11645)
1339647 2013-05-04 08:39:00 :yuck:Pretty sick
Nosy lot.
ChazTheGeek (16619)
1339648 2013-05-04 08:53:00 Eh, they can record all they want. It's like when I was in china, I wondered how much of my traffic they snooped on. In reality not much.

It all passes through and a little algorithm checks it for for flagged material/keywords etc, if it matches it will be marked and possibly reviewed, if not the data is probably cached somewhere and never even looked at again.

No one individually inspects the content and my estimate is over 99% of traffic is simply ignored, stored and deleted after 18 months. Chances are your surfing won't even be noticed in the grand scheme of things.
The Error Guy (14052)
1339649 2013-05-04 09:08:00 We just need to say "Bomb" or "explosion" or "shooting" and a few other keywords to get them watching this thread... Chilling_Silence (9)
1339650 2013-05-04 09:11:00 We just need to say "Bomb" or "explosion" or "shooting" and a few other keywords to get them watching this thread...

You may be surprised, even less than that.
WalOne (4202)
1339651 2013-05-04 09:13:00 Brave New World. Big Brother Is (listening as well as) Watching You, but apparently nobody really watches big brother except JonKey (when he remembers). R2x1 (4628)
1339652 2013-05-04 09:20:00 You may be surprised, even less than that.

My lips are sealed, as far as the forum is concerned.

But I'd like prefect to pm me (I can't pm him) for some comments he'll crack up over :D
WalOne (4202)
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