![]() While that is troubling in itself, even more troubling to readers on this site is that has been flagged as a selector! has published the relevant XKEYSCORE source code, and if you look closely at the rule definitions, you will see /content/linux* listed alongside Tails and Tor. If you just consider how many Linux Journal readers have read our Tor and Tails coverage in the magazine, that alone would flag quite a few innocent people as extremist. XKEYSCORE uses specific selectors to flag traffic, and the article reveals that Web searches for Tor and Tails-software I've covered here in Linux Journal that helps to protect a user's anonymity and privacy on the Internet-are among the selectors that will flag you as "extremist" and targeted for further surveillance. While it has been revealed before that the NSA captures just about all Internet traffic for a short time, the Tagesschau story provides new details about how the NSA's XKEYSCORE program decides which traffic to keep indefinitely. A new story published on the German site Tagesschau and followed up by BoingBoing and has uncovered some shocking details about who the NSA targets for surveillance including visitors to Linux Journal itself. ![]()
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