No surprise here....

[NOVA]

The U.S. government is expanding a cybersecurity program that scans Internet traffic headed into and out of defense contractors to include far more of the country's private, civilian-run infrastructure.
As a result, more private sector employees than ever before, including those at big banks, utilities and key transportation companies, will have their emails and Web surfing scanned as a precaution against cyber attacks.

http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/t...-scanning-private-web-traffic-email-1C9001922


personal emails and Web surfing scanned as a precaution against cyber attacks.?

I know the pinheads are gonna buy this bs lock, stock and barrel.....

The Pinhead's Club's famous motto for the intellectually incurious "What, me worry? by Alfred E. Neuman

 

[Banned]

Virtually all net traffic has been scaned since about 2000.
Remember Carnivore?
It was renamed something else but still lives.

Only idiots believe there is any privacy on the net.

 

[Annie]

So why bother to protest it? Give it up, willingly.

 

[NOVA]

Virtually all net traffic has been scaned since about 2000.
Remember Carnivore?
It was renamed something else but still lives.

Only idiots believe there is any privacy on the net.

And Reuters is just getting the word, huh ?

 

[SmarterthanYou]

The 4th Amendment has only one protection left to defend it. will you fulfill your duty or submit to the police state?

 

[Howey]

Welcome to the new age of warfare. It's about time.

 

[christiefan915]

Virtually all net traffic has been scaned since about 2000.
Remember Carnivore?
It was renamed something else but still lives.

Only idiots believe there is any privacy on the net.

I know, they crack me up. I remember arguing with righties about this back on AOL and at that time they supported it. Their mantra was "if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear."

 

[NOVA]

Virtually all net traffic has been scaned since about 2000.
Remember Carnivore?
It was renamed something else but still lives.

Only idiots believe there is any privacy on the net.

I know, they crack me up. I remember arguing with righties about this back on AOL and at that time they supported it. Their mantra was "if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear."

Can you explain why we're seeing news like this in 2011 and in the op if its old news ?

Could the U.S. Government Start Reading Your Emails?
Dec 3, 2011- http://news.discovery.com/tech/government-reading-emails-privacy-111203.htm

COULD and START must mean something different than what you're talking about a decade before .....