Germany Plans to Fight NSA Eavesdroppers with Classical Music
You may have heard about the spying tiff between the US and Germany. The Germans believe (rightly, in my opinion) that the NSA is spying on them. So how can they stop the American spooks from listening in? With classical music. From The Telegraph.
Politicians in Germany have devised an ingenious solution to combat the threat of eavesdropping by American spies: playing classical music during their meetings.MPs who sit on the spying committee had become so concerned that US agents might listen in to their discussions that they had ordered classical music to be played, to drown out the discussions.
On arrival at the meeting, The Suddetusche Zeitung reported that for “security reasons” MPs had to put their mobile phones and computers into a large metal box to ensure that they were not subjected to outside surveillance.
“Then the committee chairman, Patrick Sensburg switched the music on,” a source told the paper. “Edvard Grieg’s piano concert in A minor. Just for security.”
‘Course, the Americans already knew this because they were bugging Angela Merkel’s phone. Continue reading.
