Everybody Hates Raymond Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 http://gigaom.com/2013/08/25/nsa-hacked-into-un-communications-leaked-documents-show/ The NSA successfully cracked the encryption guarding the United Nations’ internal videoconferencing system, according to documents seen by Germany’s Der Spiegel. The publication said on Sunday that the encryption’s bypassing took place in the summer of 2012, and that within three weeks the NSA had boosted the number of such decrypted communications from 12 to 458. According to the documents leaked by Edward Snowden, on one occasion when the Americans were breaking into UN communications, they discovered the Chinese had tried to do the same. The UN headquarters are sited in New York. Spying on the United Nations is illegal under international law. Der Spiegel‘s report also followed on from earlier revelations about the NSA bugging EU institutions, explaining that the U.S. agency gained access to the virtual private network (VPN) used by the EU’s embassies in America. It also claimed that the U.S. maintains a monitoring program called the “Special Collection Service” in over 80 embassies and consulates around the world, often without the knowledge of the host country. In separate revelations on the weekend, the NSA admitted some agents had used the agency’s facilities to spy on their love interests. This allegedly only happened on a handful of occasions, but often enough to inspire the term “LOVEINT”. The Guardian reported that, in one case, an analyst had spied on his former spouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Hellinnahandbasket. There've been a lot of excellent articles about this on TheGuardian website. That paper's required reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryten Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 And yet Snowden is the criminal? The USA government is a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electro Rock Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Well to be fair, we've got the Russian and Chinese equivalents, possibly others, listening to what we're saying right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absent Canuck Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Snowden is being proved correct. I dont think he is innocent however. He ran off to China and Russia with his intel. He could have simply given the intel to the media without even revealing his name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electro Rock Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Snowden is being proved correct. I dont think he is innocent however. He ran off to China and Russia with his intel. He could have simply given the intel to the media without even revealing his name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offensive Threat Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Illegally spying on everybody, torturing suspects, holding people indefinitely without charging them, branding anyone who argues a "terrorist". These are not the actions of a decent people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeromotacanucks Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 why people are so surprised with this? USA spend BILLIONS on military every single year. where do you guys/girls think this money goes? the "World police" will not survive if there isn´t anything or anybody to be "monitored"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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