[CTRL] MI5 builds new centre to read e-mails on the net
.. From the New Paradigms Project [Not Necessarily Endorsed]: Conspiracy Shopping Cart: http://a-albionic.com/shopping.html From: J Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Miller, Lloyd [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI5 builds new centre to read e-mails on the net Date: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 12:28 AM From another list Echelon is the most overrated eavesdropping device in the entire arsenal of Orwellisms. The limited number of personell have to sift through tens of millions of e-mails per day: they were overwhelmed in 1995, when the number of daily e-mails were one tenth what they are now. No matter how many new stations and personell MI5 put on this, the number will be an additive countermeasure to a geometrically increasing problem of sifting. The problem for the listeners is pure math- there ain't no way to do it. I am much more alarmed with the coalation proceedures in the private enterprise realm- the ever increasing paper trail every person leaves behind them is being collected better every single day: we are at the point now where we can have a moderately sophisticated program collect dispirate pieces of information into a huge personal information whole, then make reasonable extrapolations and predictors to make a well detailed and very likely psychological profile of the people involed. And keep in mind, this doesn't have to involve a person at all: you can have a program do it. The worstr thign about this is it's being done by the hyper efficient market and not the plodding and incompetant NSA: not only is it legal, it is necessarry to the system. Being afraid of Echelon is a crock- in the same way that a sattellite is more frightening than a radar gun because the "satellite can read your driver's license", it is a cumbersome, expensive, and highly intensive way to get information on an individual, whereas a radar gun is operating within five hundred feet oif your house, and will bust you guaranteed sometime in your life. A satellite will never look at you, a radar gun will. Same thing with the internet- the companies have innocuous and not very impressive Orewellian sounds, but the government is terrifying: guess which one will destroy our privacy and freedom? This MI5 project appears to be an expansion of Echelon. It is done under the auspices of fighting terrorism and crime. Truly dangerous terrorists and criminals are now acutely aware of government eavesdropping systems and know how to get around such systems, which likely use computers to search for key words. Not using suspected key words, using throw-away e-mail addresses and communicating in person in public spaces will probably be enough to foil this type of system in most cases. And petty criminals will not likely be a target of this type of system. So why then? Spend money on gadgetry? Intimidate the population? Whatever the purpose, Western governments have at their disposal the tools for social control beyond the wildest fantasies of the most totalitarian governments ever to exist. And Britain is leading the way. We are assured that safeguards will be put in place to prevent abuse. That may be so. But those safeguards are administrative, not technical. They could be eliminated in one morning by a memo. For those interested in the technologies of social control: This link explores the capabilities of Echelon - http://www.anaserve.com/~wethepeople/hager.htm This link is to a report to the European Parliament entitled "An Appraisal of Technologies of Political Control" - http://cryptome.org/stoa-atpc.htm --Rob -- Shop for Cars On-Line: http://a-albionic.com/ads/srch.html Forwarded for info and discussion from the New Paradigms Discussion List, not necessarily endorsed by: *** Lloyd Miller, Research Director for A-albionic Research (POB 20273, Ferndale, MI 48220), a ruling class/conspiracy research resource for the entire political-ideological spectrum. Quarterly journal, book sales, rare/out-of-print searches, New Paradigms Discussion List, Weekly Up-date Lists E-text Archive of research, intelligence, catalogs, resources. To Discuss Ideas: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://msen.com/~lloyd/ For Ordering Info Free Catalog: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://a-albionic.com/formaddress.html For Discussion List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] text in body: subscribe prj [EMAIL PROTECTED] **FREE RARE BOOK SEARCH: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** Explore Our Archive: http://a-albionic.com/a-albionic.html Every Diet Has Failed! What Can I do? Click Below to "Ask Dr. Kathleen"! http://www.radiantdiet.com/cgi-bin/slim/deliver.cgi?ask-1364 *** A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and
[CTRL] MI5 builds new centre to read e-mails on the net
from: http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2000/04/30/stinwenws01034.html Click Here: A HREF="http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2000/04/30/stinwenws01034.h tml"THE SUNDAY TIMES: NEWS/A - MI5 builds new centre to read e-mails on the net Nicholas Rufford MI5 is building a new £25m e-mail surveillance centre that will have the power to monitor all e-mails and internet messages sent and received in Britain. The government is to require internet service providers, such as Freeserve and AOL, to have "hardwire" links to the new computer facility so that messages can be traced across the internet. The security service and the police will still need Home Office permission to search for e-mails and internet traffic, but they can apply for general warrants that would enable them to intercept communications for a company or an organisation. The new computer centre, codenamed GTAC - government technical assistance centre - which will be up and running by the end of the year inside MI5's London headquarters, has provoked concern among civil liberties groups. "With this facility, the government can track every website that a person visits, without a warrant, giving rise to a culture of suspicion by association," said Caspar Bowden, director of the Foundation for Information Policy Research. The government already has powers to tap phone lines linking computers, but the growth of the internet has made it impossible to read all material. By requiring service providers to install cables that will download material to MI5, the government will have the technical capability to read everything that passes over the internet. Home Office officials say the centre is needed to tackle the use of the internet and mobile phone networks by terrorists and international crime gangs.Charles Clark, the minister in charge of the spy centre project, said it would allow police to keep pace with technology. "Hardly anyone was using the internet or mobile phones 15 years ago," a Home Office source said. "Now criminals can communicate with each other by a huge array of devices and channels and can encrypt their messages, putting them beyond the reach of conventional eavesdropping." There has been an explosion in the use of the internet for crime in Britain and across the world, leading to fears in western intelligence agencies that they will soon be left behind as criminals abandon the telephone and resort to encrypted e-mails to run drug rings and illegal prostitution and immigration rackets. The new spy centre will decode messages that have been encrypted. Under new powers due to come into force this summer, police will be able to require individuals and companies to hand over computer "keys", special codes that unlock scrambled messages. There is controversy over how the costs of intercepting internet traffic should be shared between government and industry. Experts estimate that the cost to Britain's 400 service providers will be £30m in the first year. Internet companies say that this is too expensive, especially as many are making losses. About 15m people in Britain have internet access. Legal experts have warned that many are unguarded in the messages they send or the material they download, believing that they are safe from prying eyes. "The arrival of this spy centre means that Big Brother is finally here," said Norman Baker, Liberal Democrat MP for Lewes. "The balance between the state and individual privacy has swung too far in favour of the state." Next page: Martin faces 'short' jail term for murder Next: Martin faces 'short' jail term for murder Copyright 2000 Times Newspapers Ltd. This service is provided on Times Newspapers' standard terms and conditions. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material from The Sunday Times, visit the Syndication website. - Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, All My Relations. Omnia Bona Bonis, Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A
