Re: Spy Agency Mined Vast Data Trove

["J.A. Terranson" <measl () mfn org>]

On Mon, 26 Dec 2005, Bipin Gautam wrote:

> My concern is... (I'm from Nepal) not all ISP in my region go through
> the Nepal's Internet exchange point. so even the local traffic might
> have routed through USA if our ISP'z backbone providr is in USA. I
> don't have very good idea about ledal stuff but my basic assumption is
> BUYING SERVICE FROM A DIFFERENT COUNTRY DOESN'T MEAN WE ARE
> NECESSARILY SUBJECTED TO THEIR LOCAL RULES. (though depends on country
> foreign policy)

Your service will have a contract, and in that contract will be a clause
which determines which laws apply.  Check it.

> Have our network traffic been spyed/sniffed too without our knowledge?

Almost definitely yes.


> Don't we have right of protection in the law to check such thing if
> any???

No.  Why should you?  Like us here in the US, you are nothing but a Prole,
without rights, or even the ability to ask for rights.

> just willing to hear your views on what are the rules to check/tackle
> such issues in other foreign countries???

Sorry bibint - you're screwed if you're outside the USA: we openly
intercept almost every data and telephony transmission which originates
outside the USA.  Don't like it?  Then start picking Echeclon Centers to
bomb...

> regards,
> -bipint

All the best!

//Alif

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