-Caveat Lector-
better still - put out a cypher all aover the internet
that uses words in everyday conversations to mean
naughty echelon keywords
granny = arafat
can of beans = bush
holiday = blair
network = some country at war etc etc
actively publicise this cypher and someone will have to
programme the equivalent permutations into echelon -
then - the shit will hit the fan - because evry girl talking
about her boyfriend on the net is suddenly going to show
up as an alien invader :)
andrew
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Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 11:31 PM
Subject: [CTRL] Jam Echelon Day" doomed to failure, say experts
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> Jam Echelon Day" doomed to failure, say experts
>
> http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2092039,00.html
>
> 16:21 Thursday 26th July 2001
> Wendy McAuliffe
>
> Activists are planning an international day of protest. Their aim? To jam
> Echelon. But privacy experts warn that "trigger words" will not outsmart
the
> global surveillance system
> A group of Internet activists are hoping to bring attention to the US-led
> communications spy network, on 21 October, with a "Jam Echelon Day", but
> privacy experts are certain that the protests will have a minimal effect
on
> the sophisticated surveillance system.
>
> Organisers of the cyber-event are encouraging the Internet community to
send
> out as many email messages as possible, containing certain "trigger
words",
> which the Echelon system is believed to pick up on. If the bulk of
monitored
> emails becomes too great, the theory is that the Echelon intelligence
system
> will be overworked with intercepting spurious input, and so its
> effectiveness will drop.
>
> But even though the organisers themselves concede that they are unlikely
to
> be able to jam the whole Echelon system, they believe it is still worth
> pressing ahead. "While the goal of jamming Echelon is a lofty, and likely,
> unattainable one, is it not better to signal displeasure at being
monitored,
> than passively allow it to happen," said the coordinator at ciperwar.com,
> who prefers to be known by his nick-name, 'Scully'.
>
> A list of 1,700 suspicious words have been listed on the Ciperwar Web
site,
> to be included in email, telephone or fax communications on the "Jam
Echelon
> Day". The trigger words include "hackers", "encryption", "espionage",
> "secret service", and "Bletchley Park". But Simon Davies, director of
> Privacy International, believes that sprinkling keywords within
> communications will not have an impact on the high-tech spy network.
>
> "The Echelon system works on a very sophisticated system of word
> relationships, rather than strictly on keywords," said Davies. "Powerful
> artificial intelligence software is used to judge the relationship between
> words, and analyse strings of words."
>
> Davies advises protestors to send a whole series of original keyword
> transmissions through email, rather than relying on someone else's
template.
> "They will need to be imaginative and committed to take the original
> approach that could feasibly slow the system down, but the most important
> thing is to raise awareness about Echelon and the work of national
security
> agencies."
>
> The existence of Echelon was confirmed by the European Parliament in May.
A
> lengthy investigation found sufficient evidence to suggest that the spy
> system -- a US-led venture that has support from the UK, Canada, Australia
> and New Zealand -- is used for global industrial espionage, amongst other
> purposes. According to the report, Echelon has been capable of
intercepting
> telecommunications messages to and from a particular person, via
satellite,
> since 1978.
>
> They can see you... Find out how and why in ZDNet UK's Surveillance News
> Section. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,,t295,00.html
>
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