Satellites and Your Privacy
Hedgepet@stihl.de
Thu, 15 Apr 1999 16:57:05 +0200
Everyone,
I know this is slightly off topic. But I am trying to spread the word about
this threat to our privacy and its relationship to satellites. I hope you
can forgive me.
The National Security Agency (NSA) apparently has a program called the
Echelon Global Surveillance System whereby they monitor all data bouncing
off INTELSAT satellites for certain "key" words. These transmissions
include voice, fax, and e-mail transmissions. When one or more of the key
words are detected, the correspondence is transcribed and forwarded (where?)
for further analysis.
You can find out more at http://www.aclu.org/congress/lg040699a.html
May all your sightings be x-sighting.
Troy