Originally posted by WilldCrd
Well lessee Carnivore been up and running fer bout 10 or so years NSA already moniters all overseas communications and before ya go NO WAY its a program that is set to listen for KEY words think of a scanner only this one covers several acres underground and is vastly faster, since 9/11 they prolly monitore domestic as well
Yup theres an Echelon base in NZ, just down by blenheim. Its the probably worst kept secret the US has. But I think Echelon is fairly old, based on RF technologies more than anything else?
As for monitoring the Intardnet, I could have a "tap" on your broadband access ohhhh in about 1 min at the ISPs dslam with a hub and a laptop. I could be sitting there with a readily available piece of public software dissecting practically all your traffic (cept the encrypted stuff) at the touch of a button.
ISPs have to do diddily-squat for this to happen. Listening to your traffic, seeing what you're doing, is far far easier than what many of you think.
Get your self something like IRIS, and go down to your local Public WiFi spot and have a sniff, and laugh at how much you can see.