Google enlists NSA to fight off cyberattacks

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> From: James Brenton <jbrenton () austin rr com>
> Date: February 4, 2010 8:30:40 AM EST
> To: dave () farber net, 'ip' <ip () v2 listbox com>
> Subject: [IP] Google enlists NSA to fight off cyberattacks

> Dave,
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> Wow—now this is a surprise.  Not that it is happening, but that the  
> knowledge made it to the public: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35231454/ns/technology_and_science-washington_post/
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> Under an agreement that is still being finalized, the National  
> Security Agency would help Google analyze a major corporate  
> espionage attack that the firm said originated in China and targeted  
> its computer networks, according to cybersecurity experts familiar  
> with the matter. The objective is to better defend Google — and its  
> users — from future attack.
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> Google and the NSA declined to comment on the partnership. But  
> sources with knowledge of the arrangement, speaking on the condition  
> of anonymity, said the alliance is being designed to allow the two  
> organizations to share critical information without violating  
> Google's policies or laws that protect the privacy of Americans'  
> online communications. The sources said the deal does not mean the  
> NSA will be viewing users' searches or e-mail accounts or that  
> Google will be sharing proprietary data.
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> Best Regards,
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> Jim Brenton
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> jbrenton () austin rr com
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> jbrenton () ercot com
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> From: Dave Farber [mailto:dave () farber net]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 4:10 PM
> To: ip
> Subject: [IP] reThe balance of power in airport security screening
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> Begin forwarded message:
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> From: Jay Goodman Tamboli <jay () tamboli cx>
> Date: February 3, 2010 3:11:35 PM EST
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: Re: [IP] The balance of power in airport security screening
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> On Feb 3, 2010, at 08:06, Gordon Syme wrote:
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> According to http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8490860.stm passengers
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> 'selected' to be scanned by the full-body scanners (the article does  
> not
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> specify if they are X-ray or not) have no choice, they must either
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> submit to the scan or not fly. There is no alternative pat-down or
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> similar.
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> It's actually worse than that in some parts of the US. According to  
> a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in August 2007, you don't have  
> a right even to turn around and leave once you've entered the  
> screening process. If you're selected for a body scan and say you'd  
> rather not fly, the TSA has the right to detain you and screen you  
> anyway. The case is United States v. Aukai, and it's described at http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2007/08/court-says-trav/ 
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> /jgt
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