Inside the Tool the US Military Is Using to Monitor Emails and Web Traffic
CYBER
VICE
4 • 645 Ratings
🗓️ 21 September 2022
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
You ever feel like somebody’s watching you? Well, on the internet, it’s often true. Every move you make on the internet generates reams of data that ISPs and data brokers sell on to on to a ton of people who may want to take a look. It’s a big business. One we don’t often see the inside of.
One of the companies buying up all that data is Team Cymru who watches over all of it with a tool it calls Augury. Who buys Augury? We’ve just learned a lot of agencies within the federal government. Cyber Command, the Army, the Navy, are all using Augury to paw through internet traffic. But what, exactly, are they looking for? And what can they even see?
Stories discussed on this episode:
Revealed: US Military Bought Mass Monitoring Tool That Includes Internet Browsing, Email Data
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| 0:00.0 | Tanneness got the code it's going to launch. |
| 0:07.0 | It's a unit system. |
| 0:12.0 | I know this. |
| 0:14.0 | It's how all the files of the whole park. |
| 0:17.0 | It tells you everything. |
| 0:18.0 | Sir, he's uploading the virus. |
| 0:23.2 | The Eagle One, the package is being delivered. |
| 0:26.6 | Hello out there on the internet. |
| 0:31.8 | I am Matthew Galt, and this is Cyber on Twitch and on YouTube. |
| 0:35.1 | You ever feel like somebody's watching you? |
| 0:38.3 | Well, on the internet, that is often true. |
| 0:43.3 | Every move you make on the internet generates reams of data that ISPs and data brokers sell onto a ton of people who may want to take a look. |
| 0:46.9 | It's a big business. |
| 0:48.3 | One, you don't often see the inside of. |
| 0:51.8 | One of the companies buying up all the data is Team Comrie. Is that right, |
| 0:55.8 | JC? I'm sorry. Team Comrie. Yeah, that's right. Who watches over all of it with a tool it |
| 1:00.3 | called Augrey. Who buys Augrey? We've just learned a lot of agencies within the federal government. |
| 1:05.5 | Cyber Command, the Army, the Navy, they're all using this just to paw through your internet |
| 1:09.5 | traffic. What exactly are |
| 1:11.0 | they looking for? And what can they even see? Let's try to find out. With me today is the reporter |
| 1:16.6 | who broke the story. It's motherboards own, Joseph Cox, J.C. As always, it's an absolute pleasure |
| 1:21.5 | to have you on the show. Thank you for coming on. Always. All right. So what is this tool |
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