(Australia) Telstra storing data on behalf of US government

NoeL

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http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/security-it/telstra-storing-data-on-behalf-of-us-government-20130712-hv0w4.html

Telstra agreed more than a decade ago to store huge volumes of electronic communications it carried between Asia and America for potential surveillance by United States intelligence agencies.

Under the previously secret agreement, the telco was required to route all communications involving a US point of contact through a secure storage facility on US soil that was staffed exclusively by US citizens carrying a top-level security clearance.

The data Telstra stored for the US government includes the actual content of emails, online messages and phone calls.
Oh you motherfucking sons of... I hate you John Howard, and the Labour govt. for allowing this shit to continue.
 

OneCatch

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NoeL said:
http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/security-it/telstra-storing-data-on-behalf-of-us-government-20130712-hv0w4.html

Oh you motherfucking sons of... I hate you John Howard, and the Labour govt. for allowing this shit to continue.
Jesus, and there me hoping that at least one Western government hadn't been corrupted with this crap.
Guess you guy's emails are being monitored as well then :/
 

NoeL

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What's worse is that it's not even our own government doing the spying - we're just straight up sending it all off to the US to use at their discretion.
 

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Why oh why I am not surprised? In fact it wouldn't surprise me if the US were spying on every country that are regarded as their allies with said allies knowledge, along with all countries they probably spy on without their knowledge or permission, and to think people who were calling them out on this over a decade ago were regarded as tin hat thinkers.
 

Nikolaz72

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Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the U.K and Israel have an agreement with the U.S to basically work together against everyone in everything cloak and dagger.