Is The U.S. Government Reading Your Emails?

Could The U.S. Government Start Reading Your Emails? -- Discovery News

A new security research project is designed to scan millions of IMs, texts and emails every day.

* A new security research project scans IMs, texts and emails.
* The system can reportedly read a quarter billion messages a day.
* It then scans the records for unusual behavior.

Cherie Anderson runs a travel company in southern California, and she's convinced the federal government is reading her emails. But she's all right with that.

"I assume it's part of the Patriot Act and I really don't mind," she says. "I figure I'm probably boring them to death."

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My Comment: Something is telling me that the US government is already scanning emails and text messages outside of the U.S. where US laws do not apply.