Companies bypassing wiring tapping laws to spy leaving us with no electronic communication privacy. When communication companies don’t play by the same rules as we do, how can we protect ourselves from spying? Federal wiring tapping laws are in place to safe guard our private information.
Some consider a strong possibility that governmental agencies may have third party vendors cooperating with them. Vendors such as Carrier IQ and Gamma International are embedding a system on smart phones namely Android, Blackberry, and Nokia that are controversial to the law. Also, this ‘may’ create access to target computers through their personal cell phones. This cloak and dagger tactic is not a well-known fact but companies such as Gamma International and Carrier IQ have been caught in the act of spying already.
A United States researcher from Connecticut, who discovered this situation involving California Company Carrier IQ, had been intimidated with the threat of a lawsuit.
Thanks to associations such as Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) these “warrantless” hacking techniques are exposed.
Do you encrypt your electronic communications to maintain privacy? How often have you “opted out” of a company’s database? Based on research, there is no privacy for any electronic communication sent via the internet, no matter what choice you make.
Additional reading: “That’s Our Job” The Government Investigates Cellphone Wiretapping
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