Privacy? Macché...

clipped from www.wired.com Note to Gunrunners: Don’t Use Gmail Belgian arms dealer Jacques Monsieur was surely surprised when he was arrested in New York last week after stepping off a flight from France. He might have been less surprised — or he may not have made the trip at all — if he had known that Google had turned over his Gmail records to the feds. clipped from philosecurity.org Here’s a real copy of an American citizen’s DHS Travel Record retrieved from the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol’s Automated Targeting System (ATS). This was obtained through a FOIA/Privacy Act request and sent in by an anonymous reader (thanks!) Credit card number and expiration (really) IP address used to make web travel reservations Hotel information and itinerary Full Name, birth date and passport number Full airline itinerary, including flight numbers and seat numbers Cruise ship itinerary Phone numbers, incl. business, home & cell Every frequent flyer and hotel number associated with the subject, even ones not used for the specific reservation

Prima notizia: un venditore di armi belga è stato arrestato appena sbarcato dall'aereo in USA.

La corte dell'Alabama gli aveva monitorato la sua casella di posta Google GMail. Chiunque usa GMail è "monitorabile", e Google non può nemmeno avvisare il diretto interessato (per ordine dei magistrati USA). Allegria!

Seconda notizia: la Homeland Security tiene tracciati, per ogni cittadino USA che viaggia all'estero, carte di credito, indirizzi IP dei suoi collegamenti a internet, informazioni personali e contatti, perfino itinerari e alberghi. Allegria!

Nell'era della privacy, tutto ciò che fai in rete è "monitorabile" a tua insaputa.