[clug] Offline snooping

[Scott Ferguson]

On 31/01/14 14:21, Alex Satrapa wrote:
> On 31 Jan 2014, at 13:17 , steve jenkin <sjenkin at canb.auug.org.au>
> wrote:
> 
>> Are you a _target_?
>> 
>> If so, to whom?? What do they stand to gain by hacking _you_??
> 
> The world of electronic intelligence gathering has grown far past the
> trivial issues such as “who is a target.”
> 
> Pervasive surveillance is not about “targets” anymore. They’re not
> hunting someone they already know to be a criminal, they're trying to
> filter out the things they’re interested in finding.
> 
> They want to collect “all the data” and then interpret it at their
> leisure. It’s no longer about “am I a target” it’s, “am I a victim.”
> 
> Alex
> 

True, *but* the OP (Keith) was asking specifically about the embedded
radio devices, and that's what Steve was responding to.

The sky isn't falling yet.  :)


Kind regards