re NSA Denies It Will Spy on Civilian Networks Through the "Perfect Citizen" Program

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> From: Mary Shaw <mary.shaw () gmail com>
> Date: July 10, 2010 8:48:42 AM EDT
> To: dave () farber net
> Cc: ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
> Subject: Re: [IP] NSA Denies It Will Spy on Civilian Networks Through the "Perfect Citizen" Program

> The article says in part " This is a research and engineering effort.
> There is no monitoring activity involved, and no sensors are employed
> in this endeavor. Specifically, it does not involve the monitoring of
> communications or the placement of sensors on utility company systems.
> This contract provides a set of technical solutions that help the
> National Security Agency better understand the threats to national
> security networks ..."
>
> The NSA response is silent on whether they intend to actually do
> monitoring and deploy sensors based on the results of this R&D
> contract.
>
> I am not reassured.   That said, it seems like a reasonable idea to
> put sensors in various core parts of the physical infrastructure to
> detect anomalous conditions in the infrastructure before failures
> propagate. That's very different from monitoring individual
> communications or even individual electrical power use.
>
> Mary Shaw
>
> On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 12:15 AM, Dave Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:
> > http://gizmodo.com/5583682/nsa-denies-it-will-spy-on-civilian-networks-through-the-perfect-citizen-program
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