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(15,333 posts) Thu Jul 3, 2014, 10:46 PM Jul 2014

NSA targets Linux Journal as 'extremist forum': Report [View all]

Source: ZDNet

Summary: The NSA is targeting the Linux Journal as an "extremist forum" and flagging its readers as 'extremists', according to source code leaked to German public broadcaster, ARD.

By Leon Spencer | July 4, 2014 -- 02:00 GMT (19:00 PDT)

The Linux Journal, a Linux user community website, has been flagged as an "extremist forum" by the United States' National Security Agency (NSA), while its users have been flagged as "extremists" under the agency's XKeyscore program, according to leaked source code.

The source code, which was published this week by German public broadcaster, ARD, also identified at least two German Tor Directory Authority servers — one in Berlin, the other in Nuremberg — as being under surveillance by the NSA...

...ARD said the XKeyscore rules also show that the NSA tracks all connections to a server hosting part of an anonymous email service at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the US, while also reporting details about visits to the Linux Journal — which it also calls "extremist".

Read more: http://www.zdnet.com/nsa-targets-linux-journal-as-extremist-forum-report-7000031241/

A link to the original report from ARD (in English)

http://daserste.ndr.de/panorama/aktuell/nsa230_page-1.html

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NSA targets Linux Journal as 'extremist forum': Report [View all] friendly_iconoclast Jul 2014 OP

Basically, this is like saying, "Legitimate reason for spying uncovered". edgineered Jul 2014 #1

NSA Is Extremist billhicks76 Jul 2014 #8

Fascism. woo me with science Jul 2014 #2

It is, but too many Americans are too ignorant to get what's going on. n/t RKP5637 Jul 2014 #7

as long as "Guns and Ammo" magazine is off limits to the NSA DBoon Jul 2014 #43

That's a fact. defacto7 Jul 2014 #17

Then I guess I'm on their list after all. dballance Jul 2014 #3

How about democraticunderground.com? n/t xocet Jul 2014 #11

We are most definitely being watched FrodosPet Jul 2014 #64

Better safe than sor-ry! RufusTFirefly Jul 2014 #4

This is what happens when you believe anything free is a CRIME. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2014 #5

My old friend, Doc Searls, is gonna be pissed. longship Jul 2014 #6

That lack of a back door, littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #10

Developed by as Finnish national, too DBoon Jul 2014 #42

The NSA even has its own version of Linux. SE-Linux LiberalArkie Jul 2014 #34

yes, "Security Enhanced" Linux nilram Jul 2014 #45

Sure it's not SEE-Linux? winter is coming Jul 2014 #58

Probably is a sign xkeyscore is flawed. Trillo Jul 2014 #9

96% of the worlds top 500 supercomputers are defacto7 Jul 2014 #12

Quite possibly including the very ones the NSA uses to spy on everyone. Angleae Jul 2014 #31

The 96% mentioned defacto7 Jul 2014 #47

Penguin being chased down the road by a drone...what a crappy world we've allowed. n/t jtuck004 Jul 2014 #13

Yet the drone is running Linux n/t IDemo Jul 2014 #62

The machines turn on the machines. Sounds like a bad movie, with a bad actor. n/t jtuck004 Jul 2014 #63

If Linux Journal readers are extremists defacto7 Jul 2014 #14

Oh dear. What happened to all the NSA defenders? elias49 Jul 2014 #15

They are scrambling to find out how many Linux users voted for Nader! villager Jul 2014 #18

LOL! n/t fleabiscuit Jul 2014 #19

hah!!! pothos Jul 2014 #20

DUZY! bananas Jul 2014 #28

I spit out my drink. Perfect post! LOL nt Mojorabbit Jul 2014 #52

OH YES!!!! bullwinkle428 Jul 2014 #56

I always thought there was something fishy about those Red Hat leftists. n/t winter is coming Jul 2014 #57

I've never voted for or supported Nader because he isn't electable, nor is he leftist. hunter Jul 2014 #60

The Professional quislings that defend the NSA have been quiet lately friendly_iconoclast Jul 2014 #54

Goebels! MacCarthy! burrowowl Jul 2014 #16

I'm not how many people truly appreciate how dangerous the NSA is MannyGoldstein Jul 2014 #21

its not just metadata. pothos Jul 2014 #24

So, in short, what you're saying is, they are invincible. Amonester Jul 2014 #33

No. MannyGoldstein Jul 2014 #41

Wow... Helen Borg Jul 2014 #22

All great sysadmins Helen Borg Jul 2014 #23

"Thanks, 9/11" ... blkmusclmachine Jul 2014 #25

When you're "big data" driven, anything not on the trendline is suspect. Pholus Jul 2014 #26

Linux Mint User Here As This Post Is Typed - Sorry Folks The Thread Has Now Been Hijacked By The NSA cantbeserious Jul 2014 #27

SpaceX uses Linux bananas Jul 2014 #29

Well There You Go - Even The Universe Is Compromised By The NSA cantbeserious Jul 2014 #30

I haven't doubted for a moment Aerows Jul 2014 #48

I miss the old US of A. Scuba Jul 2014 #32

I second that. elias49 Jul 2014 #36

And this is surprising? Amonester Jul 2014 #35

Don't have to be surprised to be disturbed!! nt elias49 Jul 2014 #37

It's all about money. Amonester Jul 2014 #38

Sewn on patch? Martak Sarno Jul 2014 #39

Many don't bother sewing stuff in this effed-up pre-2015 era... Amonester Jul 2014 #40

Well, you could use fabric glue, but then you'd have to go to Hobby Lobby. winter is coming Jul 2014 #59

I just did a little readeing at their web site. greiner3 Jul 2014 #44

It appears there is a second NSA leaker. Luminous Animal Jul 2014 #46

I hope the second one Aerows Jul 2014 #49

I get the feeling some people just aren't getting it. defacto7 Jul 2014 #50

thbt. It's a fricking journal. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2014 #51

They hate OPEN SOURCE. DeSwiss Jul 2014 #53

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #55

"Five Eyes" exemption... Deuce Jul 2014 #61

exeption from "five eyes" exemption: reorg Jul 2014 #65

Author and privacy advocate Cory Doctorow Babel_17 Jul 2014 #66