more on Summarized -- Spying Program Snared U.S. Calls - New York Times

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

It is also damn ard to have any faith in the From address of email djf

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From: Brad Templeton <btm () templetons com>
Date: December 21, 2005 1:56:21 PM EST
To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Cc: ip () v2 listbox com
Subject: Re: [IP] Summarized -- Spying Program Snared U.S. Calls -  
New York Times


It's worth noting that Underwatergate (as I am calling it since it
involves the tapping of the undersea telecom cables) revolves around
both phone calls and E-mail.   E-mail is much eaier to perform
computerized surveillance on, particuarly blanket surveillance.  Given
the tap feed, one could examine all the world's E-mail at some level
with a comparatively modest amount of computing power.   The focus on
calls misses the point that with E-mail, it's next to impossible to
determine where the parties to an e-mail are, and whether they are
inside the USA.   Domestic calls going over international lines is
quite rare.   Domestic E-mail going over them is vastly more frequent.


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