US Post Office snoops too

[kallend 2,180]

The Mail Isolation Control and Tracking program was created after the anthrax attacks in late 2001 that killed five people, including two postal workers. Highly secret, it seeped into public view last month when the F.B.I. cited it in its investigation of ricin-laced letters sent to President Obama and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. It enables the Postal Service to retroactively track mail correspondence at the request of law enforcement. No one disputes that it is sweeping.

“In the past, mail covers were used when you had a reason to suspect someone of a crime,” said Mark D. Rasch, the former director of the Justice Department’s computer crime unit, who worked on several fraud cases using mail covers. “Now it seems to be ‘Let’s record everyone’s mail so in the future we might go back and see who you were communicating with.’ Essentially you’ve added mail covers on millions of Americans.”

www.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/us/monitoring-of-snail-mail.html?google_editors_picks=true&_r=0

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[Kennedy 0]

There's no question that the US government is trying to create the most accurate picture possible of its citizens relationships and contacts. Some think its ok as long as content is not searched. I strongly disagree.

google: government tracking citizen relationships metadata content

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[JerryBaumchen 1,471]

Hi Kennedy,

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I strongly disagree.

I strongly disagree also.

If any gov't agency wants to look at anything of mine, then get a judge to sign off on it.

JerryBaumchen

PS) Ever see this movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405094/

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The Lives of Others is a very good film.

"Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ."
-NickDG

[Kennedy 0]

The lives of others shows just how inefficient monitoring content really is. Imagine if the Stasi or the KGB had today's technology. The ability to track and catalog all relationships, groups, and communications. And with mobile tech, metadata contains location information as often as not. They know where you are, who you talk to, how often, and for how long. Possibly where the other end of the conversation is, too.

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Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards.
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