Text 4979, 44 rader
Skriven 2010-02-14 05:10:54 av Bob Ackley (1:300/3)
   Kommentar till text 4940 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
Ärende: EU parliament blocks SWIFT deal
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Replying to a message of Michiel van der Vlist to Björn Felten:

 MvdV>>> I just learned why Switserland and The Netherlands are
 MvdV>>> the targets now. When Swift moved the servers out of the US,
 MvdV>>> they moved their servers to Switserland and The
 MvdV>>> netherlands.

 BF>>    I've read that too, but the true facts are rather
 BF>> inconclusive. It seems that the entire affair with the USA
 BF>> requiring access to the Swift server in Virginia (I think,
 BF>> but not even sure about the location any more) is rather
 BF>> shady.

 MvdV> According to my newspaper (NRC-Handelsblad) the server was
 MvdV> in Atlanta. They are usually well informed.

 MvdV> I can understand why the banks are not eager tu publish
 MvdV> the exact locations of the servers.

 BF>>    It looks like there has been a major cover-up about it
 BF>> all, because there's nothing much to find about it at all,
 BF>> other than speculations from media and bloggers.

 MvdV> Of course. Neither the governments nor the banks are
 MvdV> interested in publicity. The banks like to have us
 MvdV> believe that our money is safe with them and that they
 MvdV> guarantee confidentiality. That the US spooks covertly
 MvdV> tapped into the US based SWIFT server is both a gross
 MvdV> breach of security and confidentiality. If the US
 MvdV> government can do it, maybe a clever hacker can do it
 MvdV> too. Banks do not like to discuss these things. They play
 MvdV> the "security through obscurity" game.

 MvdV> And of course governments don't like to talk about covert
 MvdV> operations. Those who know do not talk. No wonder there
 MvdV> is not much to find.

Note in the news yesterday that the US Ministry of Internal Security is
closely patrolling internet "social networking" sites looking for "threats."
Also noted that those same bureaucrooks are also deeply involved with the
International Olympics - which are *NOT* in the US.

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