franka@hercules.UUCP (Frank Adrian) (12/05/84)
In article <82@vax2.fluke.UUCP> moriarty@fluke.UUCP (Jeff Meyer) writes: >Anyway, even though the White House isn't reading it, the NSA (CIA? >S.H.I.E.L.D.?) is probably poring through it :-). What do you mean probably (and by the :-))?!?!?! As far as I know, the NSA intercepts ALL message traffic which passes in and out of the country. Since USENET goes to Canada (those horrible enemies of democracy to the North) and to Europe and Australia (you know, the ones with the funny accents who don't always agree with us), you can bet your ass the NSA is watching (look out, Piet, we got a list). Have fun guys, but if you want to start a real plot, you better not use USENET. "Remember, wherever you happen to be -- you're already there" Frank Adrian ___ /- -\ \ - / uucp: {decvax,pur-ee,cbosg,ihnss}!tektronix!teklds!franka CSnet: franka@tek ARPAnet: franka.tek@rand-relay
jin@hplabs.UUCP (Tai Jin) (12/05/84)
i thought that the nsa or whoever might be monitoring all the traffic, but then i realized that they just don't have the resources (manpower) to bother with it. there's so much other message traffic elsewhere of more importance that they don't have time for useless net mail.
sef@drutx.UUCP (FarleighSE) (12/06/84)
. From what I have heard, NSA keys on certain words in a transmission, if these words show-up they then read the entire text. . Can anyone out there verify my information? That is without the U.S. version of the KGB knocking at their door. . . Scott E. Farleigh . AT&TIS Denver
faunt@saturn.UUCP (Doug Faunt) (12/06/84)
They certainly have the resources to do key-word searches on all the net traffic. After all, it all goes in and out of ONE VAX, with time left over to do some real work. I am of course refering to USENET. The rest of the uucp traffic is certainly not that much more. -- ...!hplabs!faunt faunt%hplabs@csnet-relay HP is in no way responsible for anything I say here. In fact, it may have been generated by a noisy 'phone line. My entry for official theme music of the net: "Chariots of Fire"
ron@celerity.UUCP (Ron McDaniels) (12/06/84)
In article <338@hercules.UUCP> franka@hercules.UUCP (Frank Adrian) writes: > >In article <82@vax2.fluke.UUCP> moriarty@fluke.UUCP (Jeff Meyer) writes: >>Anyway, even though the White House isn't reading it, the NSA (CIA? >>S.H.I.E.L.D.?) is probably poring through it :-). > > What do you mean probably (and by the :-))?!?!?! > > As far as I know, > >the NSA intercepts ALL message traffic which passes in and out of the country. >Since USENET goes to Canada (those horrible enemies of democracy to the North) >and to Europe and Australia (you know, the ones with the funny accents who >don't always agree with us), you can bet your ass the NSA is watching (look >out, Piet, we got a list). Have fun guys, but if you want to start a real >plot, you better not use USENET. > As far as ***I*** know, you don't know what you're talking about. One conspiricy Theory is as good as another. I think the Russians are intercepting all YOUR traffic. So there. R. L. (Ron) McDaniels {decvax || ucbvax || ihnp4 || akgua || philabs}!sdcsvax!celerity!ron > ___ > /o x\ > \ - / > N.B. The above quoted article has been carefully altered to emphasize the authors lack of clear thought and blatent appeal to the paranoia that exists in all of us.
moriarty@fluke.UUCP (The Napoleon of Crime) (12/07/84)
In article <2515@saturn.UUCP> faunt@saturn.UUCP (Doug Faunt) writes: >They certainly have the resources to do key-word searches on all the net >traffic. You mean, all I have to type in is "Commie"... WHOOPS! Wait, guys! TIME OUT! THIS IS ONLY A DRILL! REPEAT! THIS IS... "Even though the prospect sickens, Brother, here we go again..." -Also Tom Lehrer (I posted the whole song to the net last year...) Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc. UUCP: {cornell,decvax,ihnp4,sdcsvax,tektronix,utcsrgv}!uw-beaver \ {allegra,gatech!sb1,hplabs!lbl-csam,decwrl!sun,ssc-vax} -- !fluke!moriarty ARPA: fluke!moriarty@uw-beaver.ARPA
bmw@aesat.UUCP (Bruce Walker) (12/10/84)
/*NOTEATEN*/ > You mean, all I have to type in is "Commie"... > > WHOOPS! Wait, guys! TIME OUT! THIS IS ONLY A DRILL! REPEAT! THIS IS... > > Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer > John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc. Don't worry, Moriarty, I happen to know that anything in quotes or comment delimiters is ignored by the "NSA" keyword searcher. Now if they were using grep ... "Bruce Walker {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!aesat!bmw"
jmc@ist.UUCP (John Collins) (12/11/84)
Hmmmm... What might the chances be of setting up private nets? Or is the problem with people plugging into the phone line? -- John Collins calling courtesy of ist Please reply to ...!mcvax!ist!inset!jmc Phone: +44 727 57267 Snail: 47 Cedarwood Drive, St Albans, Herts, AL4 0DN, England
holmes@dalcs.UUCP (Ray Holmes) (12/18/84)
I am still a "hacker" and I'm proud of it.