THE SPIES WE TRUST: THIRD PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT SURVEILLANCE

dubfire.net ^ | 7/19/15 | Christopher Sogho

[Nachum]

Christopher Soghoian THE SPIES WE TRUST: THIRD PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT SURVEILLANCE Telecommunications carriers and service providers now play an essential role in fa- cilitating modern surveillance by law enforcement agencies. The police merely select the individuals to be monitored, while the actual surveillance is performed by third parties: often the same email providers, search engines and telephone companies to whom con- sumers have entrusted their private data. Assisting Big Brother has become a routine part of business. While communications surveillance is widespread, the official government reports barely scratch the surface. As such, the true scale of law enforcement surveillance has long been shielded from the general public, Congress, and the courts. However, recent disclosures by wireless communications carriers reveal that the companies now receive approximately one and a half million requests from U.S. law enforcement agencies per year. In addition to forcing companies to disclose the user data they already have, compa- nies are also regularly compelled to modify their products in order to facilitate govern- ment surveillance. Some have been required to build surveillance capabilities directly into their products, while others have been forced to repurpose existing features in commercia

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Not finished, but...wow!

Nice post.

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I know. It is a lot to take in, but it is worth looking at.

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THE SPIES WE TRUST: THIRD PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT SURVEILLANCE

Telecommunications carriers and service providers now play an essential role in facilitating modern surveillance by law enforcement agencies.

The police merely select the individuals to be monitored,

while the actual surveillance is performed by third parties:

often the same email providers, search engines and telephone companies to whom consumers have entrusted their private data.

Check out article, and # 1.

Thanks, Nachum.