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Comcast Is Hiring an Internet Snoop for the Feds | Danger Room from Wired.com

Comcast Is Hiring an Internet Snoop for the Feds | Danger Room from Wired.com: "Wanna tap e-mail, voice and Web traffic for the government? Well, here's your chance. Comcast, the country's second-largest Internet provider, is looking for an engineer to handle 'reconnaissance' and 'analysis' of 'subscriber intelligence' for the company's 'National Security Operations.'

Day-to-day tasks, the company says in an online job listing, will include 'deploy[ing], installing] and remov[ing] strategic and tactical data intercept equipment on a nationwide basis to meet Comcast and Government lawful intercept needs.' The person in this 'intercept engineering' position will help collect and process traffic on the company's 'CDV [Comcast Digital Voice], HSI [High Speed Internet] and Video' services."

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