German secret service monitored 37,292,862 emails and data connections in 2010

 

Secret services ramp up online surveillance

 

 
The Local, Germany
25 Feb 2012
 
German secret services have ramped up surveillance of online communications in the fight against terrorism. A new report reveals the authorities accessed 37 million emails and data connections in 2010 – five times as many as in 2009.

“Bomb,” “nuclear” and “rocket” were all keywords used by German intelligence agencies to flag up and monitor 37,292,862 emails and data connections last year, the Bild newspaper reported on Saturday.

The figures came from a report by the Parliamentary Control Commission, which oversees the activities of the country’s secret services.

Three authorities, the domestic intelligence the Verfassungsschutz, the foreign spy agency the BND and the Military Counter-intelligence Service currently have access to online communications data in order to identify terrorists, arms dealers or traffickers.

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