US embassy/consulate surveillance capabilities in Anglo countries

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1

Last month, the US Department of State ordered its embassies/consulates in the Anglosphere (archived), specifically Australia, Canada, Europe and New Zealand, to collect data on local migrants in those countries and report their criminal activities. It calls this “Addressing the Impact of Mass Migration on Human Rights.”

To me it looks like the US government aims to push its own anti-immigration policy onto other Anglo countries and violate the privacy of people in allied nations, all in the name of “human rights.”

Depending on their capabilities, this is potentially a serious concern for all people living in those countries, particularly non-white people, and particularly people who have a personal/professional connection with the US or may want to visit or live in the US in the future.

I’m aware the NSA is mass-surveilling the hell out of the internet and all our communications worldwide, US tech giants are voluntarily conspiring with their government to boost surveillance and censorship efforts, and Five Eyes and Fourteen Eyes mean there’s extensive information sharing between those Anglo countries.

What surveillance capabilities do US embassies/consulates themselves actually have?

2

I am reminded of a quote from Cory Doctorow’s recent blog post

One of the most urgent questions Trump has forced the world to confront is what we will do about America’s control over the internet. By this, I mean both the abstract “governance” control (such as the fact that ICANN is a US corporation, subject to US government coercion), and the material fact that virtually every government, large corporation, small business and household keeps its data (files, email, records) in a US Big Tech silo (also subject to US government control).

This is all to say the post WWII world is currently built on a system that is heavily US centered, which gives the US government almost limitless ability to spy on whomever they choose.

3

Yes, this has already been violated so many times and is the SOP for the US. Not surprising.