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RE: Dr. Fun: NSA Tracking Devices
From: "Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 09:38:42 -0800
From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms () bsf-llc com> Date sent: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 22:12:45 -0400
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060610/tc_nm/telecoms_verizon_chaperone_dc_1
We've had it through Bell Mobility, in Canada. I did a brief piece on it, which prompted someone from Bell to call and give me more technical details. It is interesting: the display system is in the US, making it subject to tracking and bugging under the PATRIOT act and other regs, but whereas US telcos would have to refrain from reporting that LE was tracking someone (under PATRIOT), the Bell system automatically alerts anyone who is being tracked. (Presumably this could be circumvented by Bell, but you would have to go through Canadian courts to get them to do it.) (Yes, I know, obviously yet another example of us Canucks being soft on terrorists, by allowing Bell to sell US-based terrorists Bell cellphones, plus the added "unlimited NA roaming" package, and corner the "terrorists who want to use cellphones but also want to know when the DHS is tracking them" market.) ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) rslade () vcn bc ca slade () victoria tc ca rslade () computercrime org "Dictionary of Information Security" Syngress (forthcoming) 1597491152 Unix for stability. Macintosh for productivity. Windows for Solitaire. http://victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- RE: Dr. Fun: NSA Tracking Devices Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah (Jun 11)
- RE: Dr. Fun: NSA Tracking Devices StyleWar (Jun 13)
- RE: Dr. Fun: NSA Tracking Devices Richard M. Smith (Jun 10)