[clug] Offline snooping

[Keith Sayers]

     Would anyone know anything about this?  I had imagined that because I was 
using a Linux operating system I was more secure than with Windows - am I 
being naive?

> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25743074

> The US National Security Agency (NSA) used secret technology to spy on      
> computers that were not even connected to the internet, it has been         
> reported.

> Citing documents from whistleblower Edward Snowden, the New York Times said 
> 100,000 machines were fitted with small devices that emitted radio waves.
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