On Saturday 19 June 2004 10:26, Kiggundu Mukasa wrote: > Echelon searches of email and voice calls (although horrendous) is for > two specific purposes, finding terrorists/enemies of the United States, > and economic gain (by listening in on negotiations of lucrative > economic deals that are then passed onto american companies). If Osama > farted near a mobile phone, I am sure the americans could use Echelon > to chemically analyze the gas and tell you which part of the goat he > ate the night before.
The US is now in a mad rash to monitor pretty much anything that passes or can pass some kind of voice or data, the latest now haunting VoIP. So you probably want to watch "whom and what" you let into your "life". Mark. --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
