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12. May 2006

Telefonaflytning: Den totale overvågning på vej

 
Millioner af borgere har fået aflyttet deres telefonsamtaler. Myndighederne har opbygget en database over hver eneste opringning du foretager til venner, familie, kolleger ...

Nej, ikke i Danmark (endnu), men i USA, ifølge USA Today:
The National Security Agency has been secretly collecting the phone call records of tens of millions of Americans, using data provided by AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth, people with direct knowledge of the arrangement told USA TODAY.

The NSA program reaches into homes and businesses across the nation by amassing information about the calls of ordinary Americans — most of whom aren't suspected of any crime. This program does not involve the NSA listening to or recording conversations. But the spy agency is using the data to analyze calling patterns in an effort to detect terrorist activity, sources said in separate interviews.
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"It's the largest database ever assembled in the world," said one person, who, like the others who agreed to talk about the NSA's activities, declined to be identified by name or affiliation. The agency's goal is "to create a database of every call ever made" within the nation's borders, this person added.

For the customers of these companies, it means that the government has detailed records of calls they made — across town or across the country — to family members, co-workers, business contacts and others.
Så budskabet til den almindelige amerikaner er: Vi ved, hvor du er, vi ved, hvem du ringer til, og hvornår du gør det. Den dag, vi ønsker det, slår vi ned på lille dig og begynder at optage dine samtaler også.

Den totale overvågning, og ingen rettigheder eller tale om privatlivets fred til borgerne: Et nyt Panoptikon?

Link til artikel om NSAs overvågning af almindelige amerikanere fra USA Today.
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