FBI quietly forms secretive Net-surveillance unit

    FBI quietly forms secretive Net-surveillance unit


    Posted: 25 May 2012
    The FBI has recently formed a secretive surveillance unit with an ambitious goal: to invent technology that will let police more readily eavesdrop on Internet and wireless communications.

    The establishment of the Quantico, Va.-based unit, which is also staffed by agents from the U.S. Marshals Service and the Drug Enforcement Agency, is a response to technological developments that FBI officials believe outpace law enforcement's ability to listen in on private communications.
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    A Guy
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    25 May 2012



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    Honestly, if they ever opened regedit.exe they would crash the entire system!
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    I have this picture in my head when the average american opens a webpage, the server gets like 10 requests: one from him, 9 from a bunch of 3-letter government agencies. I'm sure there's a Yo Dawg joke in there somewhere...
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    And the brilliant part of this is they don't really have to have any of this technology, they just have to 'say' they have it, or better yet, have someone else say they have it. The public paranoia will take of the rest.
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    I'm glad they're keeping it quiet.

    FBI quietly forms secretive Net-surveillance unit
    versus
    FBI loudly forms secretive Net-surveillance unit
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    The FBI can't keep a secret, lol. A Guy
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    michaelst said:
    And the brilliant part of this is they don't really have to have any of this technology, they just have to 'say' they have it, or better yet, have someone else say they have it. The public paranoia will take of the rest.
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    Slartybart said:
    I'm glad they're keeping it quiet.

    FBI quietly forms secretive Net-surveillance unit
    versus
    FBI loudly forms secretive Net-surveillance unit
    I really should've learned by now to NOT drink while reading forum posts.

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    Trucidation said:
    I have this picture in my head when the average american opens a webpage, the server gets like 10 requests: one from him, 9 from a bunch of 3-letter government agencies. I'm sure there's a Yo Dawg joke in there somewhere...

    Here ya go





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    Last edited by geeve420; 01 Jun 2012 at 11:29. Reason: change....
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    Hopefully they will catch themselves (gov agencies) since they have their noses in everything!
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