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Originally posted by Intrigue
that link says 'sattelite traffic' and to the guy that mentioned carnivore, carnivore = in simplest terms, a zip drive attached at certain isps & software
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DCS1000/Carnivore is only allowed to capture certain subscriber information too, if static then by IP address, or if DHCP it will sniff RADIUS sessions to find new IP, + Email sessions, there are way better methods + tools in opensource, dsniff, IMHear,altivore, angst, ettercap etc.
A long cry from capturing all traffic, using some regex magic on all internet traffic looking for keywords, in some clandestine underground NSA lab, while I do imagine certain places/people are tracked/tapped I don't believe the whole Internet is, the job would be mammoth scale, evidently however terrorists are using encryption/stenography to protect communications, so they evidently believe it.
It is ironic that people believe that the U.S government can do all this internet recording, extract information etc, dropping little bits of your IM's in a folder named "Investigate" when in reality the U.S cannot even secure it's networks in the D.O.E, Pentagon etc. from attack/penetration, also look at the sigint the NSA/CIA said they monitored before September 11th, it didn't exactly make my knee's quake.
minus tinfoilhat plus thinkingcap.