At 8:36 PM -0700 2002/08/14, Scott Granados wrote:
Can the nsa for example listen in somehow to eering points or other such common areas and observe things that interest them?
Yup. Google for "ECHELON" and read the lengthy report that was prepared for the government of the European Union.
I know the answer in the voice network is yes but that's technically easier. On the ip network that would seem to be m uch more difficult.
Not for the NSA. Indeed, voice has to be converted to data in order to go through the search algorithms, so it's actually a lot easier to just search data that doesn't have to first be converted. -- Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania. GCS/IT d+(-) s:+(++)>: a C++(+++)$ UMBSHI++++$ P+>++ L+ !E W+++(--) N+ !w--- O- M++ V PS++(+++) PE- Y+(++) PGP>+++ t+(+++) 5++(+++) X++(+++) R+(+++) tv+(+++) b+(++++) DI+(++++) D+(++) G+(++++) e++>++++ h--- r---(+++)* z(+++)