South Korean spy agency admits Gmail account monitoring: report

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2011/09/16/96/0302000000AEN20110916009200320F.HTML

"South Korea's national spy agency has admitted that it monitored a Google Inc.'s Gmail account
of a citizen accused of violating the national security law, a local newspaper reported Friday.

The National Intelligence Service (NIS) received a court approval to monitor the Gmail account of Kim Hyung-geun, 52,
to collect email evidences regarding his allegedly pro-North Korean activities, the Hankyoreh daily reported,
citing a document filed with the Constitutional Court.

The NIS argued that "packet monitoring" of Kim's Gmail account was "inevitable" because local citizens
evade investigations by seeking a so-called cyber exile in foreign email services, rendering
search warrants ineffective, the agency wrote in the legal document."
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Also
http://english.hani.co.kr/kisa/section-014000000/home01.html


Juha-Matti
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