Cyber: The Tool the US Military Is Using to Monitor Emails and Web Traffic

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Post Snowden, I imagine many have went dark and used Tor exclusively. Not that Tor is a magic bullet, but it makes many of these data mining operations pointless. I know for sure NSA run exit nodes, but although crypto won't save you, properly implemented crypto will save you. This article mainly applies to the other 90% who are not encrypting their comms.

Your ISP can still easily tell you're using Tor, and the government itself runs a ton of exit nodes.

> Augury is so thorough one expert told us, “It’s everything. There’s nothing else to capture except the smell of electricity.”

If TFA's claims are true, how does Tor actually help keep you safe in this instance?

Such a capability is an extremely serious threat to privacy.

How is it be legal for ISPs to share this sort of data sans warrant? Terrifying. Yuck.

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