Re: [liberationtech] NSA flag terms

2013-06-19 Thread Erich M.
On 06/19/2013 03:40 PM, Griffin Boyce wrote: Michael Azarkevich michael.azarkev...@gmail.com mailto:michael.azarkev...@gmail.com wrote: I find it hard to believe the list is authentic. It has words like Java, Quiche and Redheads for gods sake. Also, they misspelled the name of

Re: [liberationtech] NSA flag terms

2013-06-19 Thread Griffin Boyce
Shava Nerad shav...@gmail.com wrote: These are kind of like Mad Libs (tm) incorporating these likely (dare I say) false flag lists of keywords. And of course, they work about as well as a mouse giving an owl the finger. I'm working on an IRC bot that uses Markov chains to simulate real

Re: [liberationtech] NSA flag terms

2013-06-19 Thread micah
Griffin Boyce griffinbo...@gmail.com writes: Michael Azarkevich michael.azarkev...@gmail.com wrote: I find it hard to believe the list is authentic. It has words like Java, Quiche and Redheads for gods sake. Also, they misspelled the name of the Israeli equivalent of the Navy SEALS (They

[liberationtech] NSA flag terms

2013-06-18 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Khannea Suntzu khannea.sun...@gmail.com This is an (admittedly huge) list of words that supposedly cause the NSA to flag you as a potential terrorist if you over-use them in an email. We found this on Reddit, where James Bamford, a veteran reporter with 30 years experience covering the

Re: [liberationtech] NSA flag terms

2013-06-18 Thread David Johnson
Speaking of NSA flagging, I thought this piece was very funny ... http://www.warscapes.com/literature/cryptogams-nsa On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 7:59 AM, Yosem Companys compa...@stanford.eduwrote: From: Khannea Suntzu khannea.sun...@gmail.com This is an (admittedly huge) list of words that

Re: [liberationtech] NSA flag terms

2013-06-18 Thread Joss Wright
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 07:59:08AM -0700, Yosem Companys wrote: From: Khannea Suntzu khannea.sun...@gmail.com This is an (admittedly huge) list of words that supposedly cause the NSA to flag you as a potential terrorist if you over-use them in an email. You may want to peruse this entire

Re: [liberationtech] NSA flag terms

2013-06-18 Thread Lina Srivastava
Well, real men don't eat quiche, so that one makes sense. But Pixar? I'm definitely flagged. Is there a link to this somewhere? On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Joss Wright joss-liberationt...@pseudonymity.net wrote: On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 07:59:08AM -0700, Yosem Companys wrote: From:

Re: [liberationtech] NSA flag terms

2013-06-18 Thread Griffin Boyce
While I can't speak to the veracity of *this* list in particular, the list of DHS keywords is worth a look: http://www.scribd.com/doc/82701103/Analyst-Desktop-Binder-REDACTED ~Griffin -- Just another hacker in the City of Spies. #Foucault / PGP: 0xAE792C97 / OTR: sa...@jabber.ccc.de My

Re: [liberationtech] NSA flag terms

2013-06-18 Thread Ryan Gallagher
FYI, this keyword list is at least about 12/13 years old. See: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/05/31/what_are_those_words/ On 18 June 2013 15:59, Yosem Companys compa...@stanford.edu wrote: From: Khannea Suntzu khannea.sun...@gmail.com This is an (admittedly huge) list of words that

Re: [liberationtech] NSA flag terms

2013-06-18 Thread Owen Barton
Hi everyone (first post), I am pretty sure most of that list has been around since the late 90s at least - I remember many of them from Jam Echelon Day in 1999. Incidentally, if anyone is interested in a little Jam Echelon Day history you can read the hactivism e-mail list (which the JED idea

Re: [liberationtech] NSA flag terms

2013-06-18 Thread Michael Azarkevich
I find it hard to believe the list is authentic. It has words like Java, Quiche and Redheads for gods sake. Also, they misspelled the name of the Israeli equivalent of the Navy SEALS (They wrote Shayet-13 instead of Shayetet-13). The NSA aren't stupid, they're running the biggest spying operation