SURVEILLANCE IS AMERICA’S HOTTEST GROWTH INDUSTRY
Yr Surveillance-Nation lede of the day:
That’s for so-called “pen register” and “trap-and-trace” methods for spying on phone and internet communications without a warrant:
Pen registers obtain, in real time, non-content information of outbound telephone and internet communications, such as phone numbers dialed, and the sender and recipient (and sometimes subject line) of an e-mail message. A trap-and-trace acquires the same information, but for inbound communications to a target. No probable-cause warrant is needed to obtain the data.
And that represents just a fraction of the surveillance activity being conducted by the US govt, reports Wired:
Consider that last year mobile carriers responded to a staggering 1.3 million law enforcement requests - which come from federal, state and local police, as well as from administrative offices - for subscriber information, including text messages and phone location data. That’s according to data provided to Congress that was released in July.
The nation’s major phone providers said they were working around the clock and charging millions in fees to keep up with ever-growing demands.
AT&T, the nation’s second-largest mobile carrier, told Congress that it had received 63,100 subpoenas - no judicial oversight required - for customer information in 2007. That more than doubled to 131,400 last year. By contrast, AT&T reported 36,900 court orders for subscriber data in 2007. That number grew to 49,700 court orders last year, a weak growth rate compared to the doubling of subpoenas in the same period.
Make of that what you will.
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That’s for so-called “pen register” and “trap-and-trace” methods for spying on phone and internet communications without a warrant:
Pen registers obtain, in real time, non-content information of outbound telephone and internet communications, such as phone numbers dialed, and the sender and recipient (and sometimes subject line) of an e-mail message. A trap-and-trace acquires the same information, but for inbound communications to a target. No probable-cause warrant is needed to obtain the data.
And that represents just a fraction of the surveillance activity being conducted by the US govt, reports Wired:
Consider that last year mobile carriers responded to a staggering 1.3 million law enforcement requests - which come from federal, state and local police, as well as from administrative offices - for subscriber information, including text messages and phone location data. That’s according to data provided to Congress that was released in July.
The nation’s major phone providers said they were working around the clock and charging millions in fees to keep up with ever-growing demands.
AT&T, the nation’s second-largest mobile carrier, told Congress that it had received 63,100 subpoenas - no judicial oversight required - for customer information in 2007. That more than doubled to 131,400 last year. By contrast, AT&T reported 36,900 court orders for subscriber data in 2007. That number grew to 49,700 court orders last year, a weak growth rate compared to the doubling of subpoenas in the same period.
Make of that what you will.
Listening in,
This is dF
This entry was originally posted at http://defrog.dreamwidth.org/1304087.html. Please comment there using OpenID.