rotheroe@convexs.UUCP (01/12/87)
> A recent posting contained a list of keywords to trigger some NSA filter. > People who do this should realize that if NSA is actually running such a > filter, they are also probably keeping a list of the articles and all of > the responses to it. Thus people who reply to such articles may end up > on a list that could be used against them. The list of junk keywords is > cute, but when it jeopardizes people's professional or personal lives (as > such things inevitably do) or the continued existence of open networks > people should think carefully before engaging in this sort of baiting. > Attitudes at NSA may well need changing, but this is not the appropriate > way to do it. It wasn't me, but I probably would have done it if I had thought of it. The NSA (oops, a keyword) probably already has a file on all of us. First, anyone who works for a defense contractor or supplier automatically gets one, second I'm sure they keep track of who uses the net - ya never know who's going to post the latest SDI (oops, another one) code. In any case, I really doubt if "it jeopardizes people's professional or personal lives". Relax (read: don't be so paranoid), and have some fun. Dave Rotheroe {allegra, ihnp4, uiucdcs, ctvax}!convex!rotheroe "Good afternoon, gentlemen. I am a HAL 9000 computer. I became operational at the Hal plant in Urbana, Illinois, on the twelfth of January, 1992." 2001 & 2010 (book only for 2010)