Privacy

[Sethos]

Ok I read this in a local news paper. The Gov't is working on this new policy wherein they will monitor all internet traffic including private e-mails in the hope of finding all these terrorist, which I'm all for, except they they're taking away all privacy. They also are going for the "No need for a warrent to do this" angle too...somewhat distrubing I think...

~Sethos

[Dr Mordrid]

It's been going on for some time under the name of "Echelon", a system which intercepts internet, wireless and even fiberoptic communications worldwide.

Echelon is a multi-national system with the members and associate members being (at least) the US, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Germany, Denmark and Turkey.

Dr. Mordrid

[Dogbert]

Why, do you have anything to hide ?

[thop]

since of course noone has anything to hide why don't they show me what they got on their computers?

[Jammrock]

It's an issue of personal privacy and freedom. How much monitoring ability and control is too much for the government. What if I were to write a mushy email to my wife...I certainly wouldn't want some FBI/CIA goon reading it.

Jammrock

[Admiral]

and you thought communists were bad

[Dogbert]

They're not "reading" it.
They're filtering it. Looking for 'suspicious' words and marking e-mails containing those according to the quantitiy of those words and logical use of them.

For example: an e-mail with the word "murder" will be marked as a very low, another with the logical pharse "murder the president" would be marked higher. Now if the latter would also include the words rifle/bomb etc. and maybe some sentensed or words logically pointing at planning, you can be sure it'll get high priority and will be read by some FBI agent.

[thop]

KILL THE PRESIDENT WITH A RIFLE USING OSAMA BIN LADEN's MONEY.

i hope that got their attention. welcome to MURC fellow agents from the CIA and the FBI.
got blurry monitors at your office? we can help

[Dogbert]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ROFLMAO !!!

[Dr Mordrid]

Thop;

Don't blame us when the black helicopters start orbiting your house

Dr. Mordrid

[DGhost]

oh god, murc is suddenly gonna get shutdown and thop is suddenly gonna dissapear...

edit: on a side note, i picked up playing deus ex again last friday... fits right into this conversation

[thop]

psst guys sth. suspicious is going on over here, some ugly guys dressed in black just knocked on my door, oh wait they

[GNEP]

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And DGhohst - yeah I was gonna pick up Deus Ex again (it kind of got abandonded first time round as I got rather busy) - now I have 3 screens it should be a blast!

Gnep

[ZokesPro]

Originally posted by GNEP
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And DGhohst - yeah I was gonna pick up Deus Ex again (it kind of got abandonded first time round as I got rather busy) - now I have 3 screens it should be a blast!

Gnep

If you want the game I have a good copy of it, I don't really play it much.

[GNEP]

Already have a copy - just haven't got round to re-installing it since the last 2 windows wipes!