[pp.int.general] NSA says: TOR user = Terrorists

[Scott Elcomb]

And some related fashion: <https://www.trycelery.com/shop/torrorist>
(via @ppinternational -
https://twitter.com/ppinternational/status/485160127621005313 ;-)

On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Aftermath <aftermath.thegreat at gmail.com> wrote:
> also relevant: http://daserste.ndr.de/panorama/xkeyscorerules100.txt
>
> On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 8:43 AM, <hyazinthe at emailn.de> wrote:
>>
>> We learnt about the NSA's XKeyscore program a year ago, and about its
>> incredibly wide reach. But now the German TV stations NDR and WDR claim to
>> have excerpts from its source code. We already knew that the NSA and GCHQ
>> have been targeting Tor and its users, but the latest leak reveals some
>> details about which Tor exit nodes were selected for surveillance --
>> including at least one in Germany, which is likely to increase public anger
>> there. It also shows that Tor users are explicitly regarded as "extremists"
>>
>> More / source:
>> https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140703/02494927769/nsas-xkeyscore-source-code-leaked-shows-tor-users-classified-as-extremists.shtml
>>
>> Suggestion for a secure PC & Internet in times of surveillance scandal:
>> • Operating system: https://tails.boum.org/ (used by Snowden; free
>> software, which tunnels all internet traffic automatically through the TOR
>> network, and which surface can look like the surface of Windows 8 or XP)
>> • + https://freenetproject.org (most secure anonymous filesharing
>> software, which exists so far)
>>
>> Regarding software the most important thing is to use a secure operation
>> system; it's the fundament for everything, which you do with a PC regarding
>> software. So it's a weakness, if on the one hand one relies on programs like
>> the freenet project or TOR, but on the other hand does so on foundation of
>> windows, which has a direct wire to the NSA.
>>
>> For pirate parties, it's a good idea to cultivate TOR by setting up a TOR
>> exit node.
>>
>>
>> Greetings,
>> / aka Oliver
>>
>>
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