{"id":186527,"date":"2013-12-29T22:27:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-30T03:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2013\/12\/29\/another-whiskey-tango-foxtrot-moment-from-the-nsa\/"},"modified":"2013-12-29T22:27:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-30T03:27:00","slug":"another-whiskey-tango-foxtrot-moment-from-the-nsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2013\/12\/29\/another-whiskey-tango-foxtrot-moment-from-the-nsa\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Moment from the NSA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this case, it is reports that the, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/rs\/2013\/12\/29\/nsa-diverted-computers-and-laptops-from-shipping-facilities-to-install-spyware\/\">NSA diverted computers and laptops from shipping facilities to install spyware<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Seriously, how does this not constitute an unreasonable search and seizure?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: blue;\">Der Spiegel reported on Sunday that the NSA\u2019s \u201cTailored Access Operations\u201d (TAO) has been diverting desktops and laptops shipped to U.S. consumers and installing spyware on them.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: blue;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"color: blue;\">According to the report, the process, which TAO calls \u201cinterdiction,\u201d involves intercepting packages on their way from manufacturers like Dell, Cisco, and Seagate, and installing bugs or spyware on them at a \u201csecret workshop.\u201d<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: blue;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"color: blue;\">The packages are then reintroduced into the delivery pipeline and arrive at their destination without the consumer ever realizing their machine has been compromised.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Our state security apparatus is completely out of control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this case, it is reports that the, &#8220;NSA diverted computers and laptops from shipping facilities to install spyware.&#8221; Seriously, how does this not constitute an unreasonable search and seizure? Der Spiegel reported on Sunday that the NSA\u2019s \u201cTailored Access Operations\u201d (TAO) has been diverting desktops and laptops shipped to U.S. consumers and installing spyware &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[971,970,1102,1066,1025],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-186527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-civil-rights","category-corruption","category-intelligence","category-privacy","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186527"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186527\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}