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U.S. Postal service admits that they photograph all mail they process
From: security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>
Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 15:48:45 -0500 (CDT)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Farber <farber () gmail com> Begin forwarded message: From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com> Subject: [ NNSquad ] U.S. Postal service admits that they photograph all mail they process Date: June 8, 2013 1:59:16 PM EDT To: nnsquad () nnsquad org U.S. Postal service admits that they photograph all mail they process http://j.mp/10YFO3o (The Smoking Gun) "According to FBI Agent James Spiropoulos, investigators accessed a Postal Service computer system that "incorporates a Mail Isolation Control and Tracking (MICT) program which photographs and captures an image of every mail piece that is processed." - - - Surprise level: Nil. I'll admit, however, that this must be very useful to track down terrorist cells that plan their attacks via postcards. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren () vortex com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () datalossdb org) Archived at http://seclists.org/dataloss/ Unsubscribe at http://lists.osvdb.org/mailman/listinfo/dataloss Supporters: Risk Based Security (http://www.riskbasedsecurity.com/) Risk Based Security equips organizations with security intelligence, risk management services and on-demand security solutions to establish customized risk-based programs to address information security and compliance challenges.
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