2013-09-15.inc (1052B)
1 <h3>15-9-2013: NSA follows the Money</h3> 2 <p>Despite the EU allowing the NSA access to financial transaction data to 3 track terrorists and organized crime, the NSA saw it necessary to 4 target international payment processors including SWIFT and Visa. 5 As terrorism and organized crime are covered by legal means, industrial 6 espionage to improve the US economy is the only remaining US national 7 interest within the NSA's mandate that would explain this illegal activity.<br> 8 With Taler, exchanges will only learn the value of a merchant's transactions, 9 not who paid or for what (governments may learn what was sold). Thus, 10 the Taler exchange is a significantly less interesting target for industrial 11 espionage. 12 </p> 13 <p><a class="btn btn-info" href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/spiegel-exclusive-nsa-spies-on-international-bank-transactions-a-922276.html" role="button">Source</a></p>