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echelon
stragbasher Started conversation Jul 5, 2002
Presume you know about echelon? Electronic eavesdropping by the US and allies? I haven't been here in a while so I don't know if the moderators (censors, servants of the state limiting free expression, aaargh!) will allow me to post a URL but here's one anyway.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1357000/1357513.stm
There's tons of 'information' out there about this, although I don't know how reliable it all is. I know I read somewhere that mobile phone companies were compelled to allow monitoring of their networks at the exchanges - cuts out all that tiresome stuff with radio equipment in vans.
echelon
CMaster Posted Jul 5, 2002
hmm, I reckon I've said enough to be picked up by echelon...
I think I'm actually on their monitoring list now. Sadly no one really knows what echelon's capabilities and job discription is, because only NZ will even admit it exists.
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