Spying Increased 10-fold: Obama Gave NSA Spying Tools To Other Agencies

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Spying Increased 10-fold: Obama Gave NSA Spying Tools To Other Agencies /realnews/ 02/28/16 (Sun) 16:20:48 db63c0 No.8356

[NOTE: cryptome.org was the first site to warn about this - one year ago - but no one paid any attention. Agencies with mass spying tools now include the IRS, the DEA, the HHS, BATFE and the DHS.]

Late last night, the NY Times broke a very troubling story. Rather than finally putting an end to Executive Order 12333, it appears that President Obama is going to expand the power of it in dangerous ways. We've written about EO 12333 a bunch of times, but for those of you unfamiliar with it, it's an executive order signed by President Reagan that basically gave the NSA pretty free rein to collect signals intelligence outside of the US. Because it's not (technically) about domestic surveillance, what the NSA does under EO 12333 is not subject to Congressional oversight. That is, Congress is mostly as much in the dark as everyone else is on what the NSA is doing overseas. And, as former State Department official John Napier Tye revealed a couple of years ago, for all the talk of domestic surveillance programs revealed by Ed Snowden, the NSA's real power comes almost entirely from 12333.

And it has no limitations. Napier noted that the other programs -- things like Section 215 (now morphed into whatever the USA FREEDOM Act allows) and Section 702 -- were merely used to "fill in the gaps" not covered by 12333.

And it almost certainly involves both foreign and domestic intelligence. Basically, if any of your data goes outside of US boundaries, the NSA is free to capture it under 12333. Remember those stories of the NSA hacking into datacenters of companies like Google, Yahoo and Microsoft? Those datacenters were in Singapore. And the reason the target was Singapore rather than the US, was because of 12333.

Meanwhile, the NSA likes to insist that it respects the privacy of Americans thanks to its vast minimization program that is supposed to dump inappropriate data on Americans, or in stripping out private information when sharing data with other agencies.

This is crazy. For all the talk of the NSA having access to all of this information, and even a fair number of reports of NSA staff "abuse" of their access to data, in general, the NSA certainly has a reputation for being serious about not allowing any abuse of the data. Other agencies? Not so much. The FBI, CIA, DEA and ATF, for example, have long and colorful histories of abusing data to harass and intimidate people. Giving them much wider access to whatever the NSA slurps up overseas, and then trusting those agencies to handle "minimization" (as is the apparent plan) is downright frightening.

And despite this massive change, the public won't get to weigh in. Instead:

Intelligence officials began working in 2009 on how the technical system and rules would work, Mr. Litt said, eventually consulting the Defense and Justice Departments. This month, the administration briefed the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, an independent five-member watchdog panel, seeking input. Before they go into effect, they must be approved by James R. Clapper, the intelligence director; Loretta E. Lynch, the attorney general; and Ashton B. Carter, the defense secretary.

Oh sure. They just need approval from the folks who will benefit most from all of this, and no real discussion with the public who will be impacted by it. What a surprise...

http://archive.is/2KsMm

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160225/22583933716/rather-than-ending-nsas-key-surveillance-tool-white-house-to-now-let-other-agencies-use-it.shtml

Anonymous 02/29/16 (Mon) 14:16:26 a4143e No.8483

Unsurprising given the current situation the world leaders have built. It's unfortunate but I really don't see any way of stopping it from this point onward without an anti establishment led Congress, which will never happen with how ignorant most voters are.

CYBER SECURITY 101 *.* 02/29/16 (Mon) 16:28:55 754672 No.8490

Here are some tips that were posted from an anonymous image board. These are real good security tips, not in order and kinda sloppy, regardless I think they can help people dodge spying really well:

(1) Don't use social media (no brainer)

(2) Forward secrecy (keep your mouth shut if you don't want to expose yourself)

(3) Use a VPN & Tor browser on top of that!

(4) Always disconnect your internet (physically) when you are not going to use it! Don't keep it online all the time! If you do, you are asking to be hacked!

(5) Use an old "flipper" phone. AKA a jitterbug. Jitterbugs are basic cellphones for people with disability problems / senior citizens! Just a bare basic cell phone where you can take out the battery.

(6) Flock to flea markets, garage sales, thrift shops to buy older electronics! Do not by 'smart' or 'green-friendly' appliances! The new IoT tech spies on you! Learn how to maintain and fix older products/utilities too!

(7) Never put your real name into your computer, always use FAKE names / aliases. Tell your friends to 'ID' you as someone else on their phones / emails etc or just refuse to trust them at all and say I'll just hang out with you face-to-face.

(8) Face to face relationships are the best kind. Don't be afraid to hang with your friends now and then. I totally do, in fact, that's all I'll do. (aka no social media BS)

(9) Always bleach you browser cache / cookies / web logs! 35x gutmann style! (Bleachbit, Ccleaner, etc.)

(10) Use linux or Tails. — Windows XP is OK, but make sure you disable auto-updates and defunct remote desktop registry! Qubes OS looks fine as hell too (VM friendly).

(11) Use noscript add-on. Noscript is a must. IPFlood is also a cool add-on to confuse metadata spying. (These are web browser add-ons).

(12) Its best to have two computers, rather than just one. For example, have one just for banking / legit LEGAL purposes. Have another one (completely separate) just for piracy, porno, or illegal / controversial activity (or whatever you wanna do to separate online activity from your most identifiable personal stuff!)

(13) Use encryption and strong passwords! Write them down on a piece of paper or memorize them. DO NOT store passwords on a computer file. That is a big no-no!

(14) Have separate email accounts for each kind of activity (legal or not, don't matter).

(15) Make sure you physically disconnect your web cam or cover it up with black electrical tape. Most laptops these days come with web cams attached above or below the monitor. Make sure the camera cannot be used to identify you or spy on you in any way. (Yes, webcams can be hacked / remotely hijacked to spy on you!)

Now As far as passwords go, here is how I do it:

I'll give you an example by posting a fake password:

donotletthefedsseethisaccount887756

As you can tell, this passowrd has 35 characters total. This is A LOT, and very hard to break. But also easy to memorize too, for example its an easy to remember phrase; "do not let the feds see this account" ; and added to that phrase is a code (which you can also memorize easily) 887756. Once you come up with a phrase you can memorize it, then attach a code number you can easily remember right after it. This will make your password very difficult for hackers or spies to brute force with 'dictionary attacks' by adding random entropy at the end of the phrase (via the random code).

This 'password' would be unbelievably hard to crack if it were not a fake and had I not posted it. Use your tinfoil hats preppers, paranoia can be your best friend depending how you put it to use.