US National Security Agency analyzes AT & T traffic
Mark Klein, one of the former employees of AT & T, the largest US provider, claims that this company provides access to network traffic to specialists from the National Security Agency (NSA).
According to ArsTechnica, citing Klein's statements, AT & T in San Francisco has a locked room 641A, which is exclusively accessible to NSA employees. Powerful servers are installed in this room, which receives all network traffic transmitted via AT & T fiber-optic lines. The AT & T operator, according to Klein, allows NSA agents to monitor e-mail, listen to Internet user conversations through IP-telephony services, get statistics about which sites AT & T clients visit, etc.
Thus, according to Klein, the AT & T operator actually transfers to the American special services all the confidential information about Internet users, regardless of whether they are suspected of illegal activity or not. The Associated Press notes that it was Mark Klein who once helped to install equipment that allows the US National Security Agency to analyze AT & T traffic.
Donald Kerr, deputy chief of the National Intelligence Agency of the United States, said that it’s time for Internet users to change their idea of what the term “privacy” should mean. According to Kerr, privacy when working on the Web should no longer be associated with anonymity.
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By the way, it should be noted that in the United States, work is currently underway on a new project, code-named Dark Web (can be translated as "dark network"). The project, funded by the US National Science Foundation and a number of federal agencies, is expected to track suspicious activity on the Internet and collect information on impending terrorist attacks.
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According to ArsTechnica, citing Klein's statements, AT & T in San Francisco has a locked room 641A, which is exclusively accessible to NSA employees. Powerful servers are installed in this room, which receives all network traffic transmitted via AT & T fiber-optic lines. The AT & T operator, according to Klein, allows NSA agents to monitor e-mail, listen to Internet user conversations through IP-telephony services, get statistics about which sites AT & T clients visit, etc.
Thus, according to Klein, the AT & T operator actually transfers to the American special services all the confidential information about Internet users, regardless of whether they are suspected of illegal activity or not. The Associated Press notes that it was Mark Klein who once helped to install equipment that allows the US National Security Agency to analyze AT & T traffic.
Donald Kerr, deputy chief of the National Intelligence Agency of the United States, said that it’s time for Internet users to change their idea of what the term “privacy” should mean. According to Kerr, privacy when working on the Web should no longer be associated with anonymity.
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By the way, it should be noted that in the United States, work is currently underway on a new project, code-named Dark Web (can be translated as "dark network"). The project, funded by the US National Science Foundation and a number of federal agencies, is expected to track suspicious activity on the Internet and collect information on impending terrorist attacks.
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/16106/
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