At 8:36 PM -0700 2002/08/14, Scott Granados wrote:
> Can the nsa for > example listen in somehow to eering points or other such common areas > and observe things that interest them? Yup. Google for "ECHELON" and read the lengthy report that was prepared for the government of the European Union. > I know the answer in the voice > network is yes but that's technically easier. On the ip network that > would seem to be m uch more difficult. Not for the NSA. Indeed, voice has to be converted to data in order to go through the search algorithms, so it's actually a lot easier to just search data that doesn't have to first be converted. -- Brad Knowles, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania. GCS/IT d+(-) s:+(++)>: a C++(+++)$ UMBSHI++++$ P+>++ L+ !E W+++(--) N+ !w--- O- M++ V PS++(+++) PE- Y+(++) PGP>+++ t+(+++) 5++(+++) X++(+++) R+(+++) tv+(+++) b+(++++) DI+(++++) D+(++) G+(++++) e++>++++ h--- r---(+++)* z(+++)