-Caveat Lector- from another list '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' > what are the keywords? "Keyword" is certainly a key word. There is a database of hundreds and hundreds of key words, ranging from certain dodgy terms (weapons, drugs, crimes in every slang imaginable) to political words (anarchy, insurrection, etc) to names and places (heads of state, ?heads of corporations?, organisations, important places from NATO headquarters to ECHELON sites across the world). I once tried compiling a list but gave up when it reached more than 500 words. You have to remember that it would also take nearly every language into account. Naturally this means that millions of messages (voice, fax, data) are netted by the systems every day. They then sift through them in a probably very very refined way passing on the REALLY suspicious ones to human evaluators. Of course a lot of logging also goes on, meaning that if a certain phone line/email address starts to display a very large amount of suspicious info this is recorded. The system has three weaknesses: 1. Strong encryption is a problem as Echelon and the computer systems around it don't have the resources to crack every PGP coded message. This takes a long time and can, as far as I know, only be done in extreme cases. Luckily for Echelon, not many people use strong encryption. 2. Storage capacity: The amount of data flowing through the systems is growing exponentially. Echelon can't record too much information or it would simply burst. This means that not everybody who uses the word "hacker" is recorded. 3. Humans. In the end all highly suspicious message have to reach a human evaluator. There aren't that many of them that they can deal with too much information in one day, especially if the subject is highly technical or in a language other than English. This is where the whole idea of jamming the works comes in , I expect. Create so much suspicious material that the human evaluators cannot cope anymore. I think this is a very good idea, sort of like the street theatre in front of CCTVs. A little bit of programming and widespread participation should do quite a bit of damage, I can imagine :-) Not that anybody would want to do anything like that. You know, fool around with the Men in Black. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
