NSC chief denies Thailand a location for X-Keyscore
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The National Security Council (NSC) chief yesterday dismissed as groundless reports that Thailand is a location for the United States' X-Keyscore data-spying operation.
NSC secretary general Paradorn Pattanatabutr said the country did not house any computer servers involved in such an operation. “We have computer laws controlling matters like this,” he said, adding that the allegation may have stemmed from the close ties the two countries enjoy.
US whistle-blower Edward Snowden has revealed that X-Keyscore analyses the “widest-reaching” collection of online data. One set of documents he unveiled showed the programme covered “nearly everything a typical user does on the Internet”, including the content of e-mails, online activities, and websites visited and searched.
