The tool was called ThinThread and it worked by automatically intercepting phone, email and internet information
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ThinThread spy system secretly tested on New Zealand population
[securityaffairs / 28.05.2013] The author Tim Shorrock revealed that the US spy system ThinThread was tested on the unsuspecting population of New Zealand from 2000 to 2001
Mr Shorrock revealed that ThinThread operated in three distinct phases:
- First phase: ThinThread intercepts all call conversation, email and internet traffic on a network and automatically focus analysis on specific targets using specific patterns of information.
- Second phase: ThinThread automatically anonymize the collected data so the identities stayed hidden “until there was sufficient evidence to obtain a warrant”.
- Third phase: ThinThread uses the raw data “to create graphs showing relationships and patterns that could tell analysts which targets they should look at and which calls should be heard.
NSA Whistleblower Explains How The NSA Is Collecting Data On All Of You (And He's Sorry About It)
[techdirt / 28.08.2012] Binney expressed terrible remorse over the way some of his algorithms were used after 9/11. ThinThread, the "little program" that he invented to track enemies outside the U.S., "got twisted," and was used for both foreign and domestic spying:
"I should apologize to the American people. It's violated everyone's rights. It can be used to eavesdrop on the whole world."weiter
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