[TriLUG] Use Tails (Linux) or Tor? Your an Extremist

[Greg Brown]

Here is an interesting and related article posted on reddit today:

http://betaboston.com/news/2014/07/03/nsas-xkeyscore-program-targeted-visitors-to-mit-server-tor-project-for-enhanced-scrutiny/

Greg

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> On Jul 3, 2014, at 11:25 AM, matt at noway2.thruhere.net wrote:
> 
> From a German article: http://www.tagesschau.de/inland/nsa-xkeyscore-100.html
> Translated version here:
> https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tagesschau.de%2Finland%2Fnsa-xkeyscore-100.html&edit-text=
> 
> Also available at rt.com (yes, I know):
> http://rt.com/news/170208-nsa-spies-tor-users/
> 
> If you use Tor, or Tails, Big Brother has it's eye on you.  Kind of
> reminds me of the case of the Command Line Interface Terrorist
> (http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/04/14/193217/college-police-think-using-linux-is-suspicious-behavior)
> 
> I would guess that this mailing list comprises a real hot spot for them.
> 
> From the article:
> 
> "Ironically, it is in accordance with the special rules that NDR and WDR
> present, so just people with the desire for anonymity that are the target
> of the NSA. In the eyes of the Secret Service: extremists. This is not
> rhetoric, no journalistic escalation. The term is even in the Comment
> column of the source text, quoted by programmers of the NSA."
> 
> "Extremists? The opposite is the case, as the search point. The German
> victims are politically to find not at the outer edge. Extreme they are
> alone on one point: They are concerned about the security of their data.
> And that's what makes them suspect in the eyes of the U.S. Secret
> Service."
> 
> "Because what the rules of the source code also revealed: The NSA observed
> on a large scale search queries worldwide - also in Germany. Just the
> simple search for anonymizing software such as "Tails" is enough to get
> into the grid of the NSA. The connection of the request with search
> engines makes suspicious. His search for "Tails" opens a door, access to
> Darko and his world. Once in the database, any inquiry from Darko can be
> accessed selectively. Darko is under observation."
> 
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