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Do government security agencies monitor everything people do on the internet, inclduing the sort of questions asked on Answerbag, seriously?

By NiCkIzBacK Asked Jul 5 2009 10:58PM
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by POP Fan on Jul 30, 2009 at 5:37 pm Permalink

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They don't monitor everything. Only suspicious things. For example, they might take a peer to peer program like utorrent and check the IP adresses of anyone downloading pirated movies, games, etc. They also monitor the activity of child porn torrents and such.

But they don't have the time or manpower or ability to everything everyone does.
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Avatar NiCkIzBacK Jul, 30 2009 at 11:27 PM
Imagine if one day they did have the manpower and budget to, eh?
Avatar POP Fan Jul, 31 2009 at 04:57 PM
If that happens, I'll have to resort to the good old telephone. At least then the government needs a warrant or court approval to listen to what you're saying.
Or maybe I'll just talk in code whenever I send an email...

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by yellowJZ on Jul 5, 2009 at 11:26 pm Permalink

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Honestly, if they did, we wouldn't know.

I would suspect doing so would be extremely difficult but I'm pretty sure they would use sophisticated tools that search and try to corroborate internet data with leads gathered from traditional police work.

This technology would probably be reserved for anti-terrorism roles but maybe extended to simple crimes as technology improves. I trust privacy advocates will fight for legal controls.
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by Dodgy Dog in a Sable COAT on Jul 5, 2009 at 10:59 pm Permalink

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Yes. They are onto you right now! Get out of the house while you can!
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