[TheForge] Responsibility

[Robert J Hill]

We voted them in, well... maybe some of us.
Rob
On May 18, 2007, at 15:33, Ben Barrett wrote:

They do have such systems, and they do scan on the backbone... used to
be known as Carnivore, and then Carnivore 2, and then some more
appeasing name such as "the system" :)
It involves contextual matches, not merely keyword matches.... so
jihad explosion chemical warfare would either be from a terrorist or a
newscaster.... that's a real head-scratcher!
Many advocates of free speech will add a sig-line of watched words, to
attempt to overflow the watchers' buffers... albeit not good for
national security, it *is* a practice of free speech.
Oh, the same systems watch international phone calls, too (including 
VoIP).

So, back to metal.  The question remains unanswered:
How hot do I have to get it,
and how hard do I have to hit it?

cheerio,

ben

PS - off-topic cat/human humor:  http://www.xkcd.com/c231.html



On 5/18/07, Jim Beard <regionalchaos at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think there was a typo in your post Bob.  I'm guessing it should
> have read like this,
>
> "Especially when there are much more likely scenarios such as the NSA
> and Dept. of Homeland Security having filter software that scans most
> internet traffic thanks to AT&T these days.  It could have snagged
> something in Dan's original post."
>
> I would imagine they scan for specific chemical names and words like
> 'explosive', etc..
>
> Jim
> Eugene, OR
>
> On 5/18/07, schade at acegroup.cc <schade at acegroup.cc> wrote:
> >
> > On May 18, 2007, at 2:19 PM, <craig.schaefer at verizon.net> wrote:
> >
> > > It's got nothing to do with the government either.  It's just about
> > > someone reading this list that needs his butt kicked.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > seems like poor form to suggest that someone on this list went to the
> > trouble of searching for someone to tattletale on Dan's chemical
> > annexation.
> >
> > Especially when there are much more likely scenarios such as the 
> school
> > having filter software as all schools do these days that snagged
> > something in Dan's original post.
> >
> > Like I care?
> >
> > Bob
> >
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