#NSA classifies Linux Journal readers, Tor and Tails Linux users as "extremists" - TechSpot
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Countries like Canada, the UK, New Zealand, Australia, and the US, also known as the “Five Eyes”, are exempt from surveillance, however.
The program marks and tracks the IP addresses of those who search for ’tails’ or ’Amnesiac Incognito Live System’ along with ’linux’, ’ USB ’,’ CD ’, ’secure desktop’, ’ IRC ’, ’truecrypt’ or ’ tor ’. It also refers to the Tails Linux distribution as “a comsec mechanism advocated by extremists on extremist forums”.
Aside from the Linux Journal, other monitored websites include privacy.li, FreeProxies.org, HotSpotShield, MegaProxy, FreeNet, Centurian, and an anonymous email service called MixMinion.