It isn't a question of protecting individuals, far from it. It is a question of removing the individual.
These systems are made to pick up the exception to the standard white noise that circulates. If the predetermined qualifications for a communique to be flagged become common traffic then what is the system good for? Not to mention random word combinations are pretty damn hard to prosecute for intent.
It is a free speech issue. They are finding ways to use our free speech against us, we simply need to speek in unison.
Couldn't some resourceful and concerned programmer simply write and distribute a program that could automatically generate key phrases and insert them into chat and e-mail messages to trigger Carnivore? DOS THEIR servers with bogus warnings that could constantly change monthly to keep up with their filters? I am sure those we write to would understand and even adopt the practice.
It would only take a few thousand people all answering their phones with a, "Hello, allah ackbar!, proceed with mission, what's up? How could they truly filter out such massive amounts of info?
Jam the system. Bring it to it's knees.
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Apple doesn't own the patent on backlighting the symbols.
It isn't a question of protecting individuals, far from it. It is a question of removing the individual.
These systems are made to pick up the exception to the standard white noise that circulates. If the predetermined qualifications for a communique to be flagged become common traffic then what is the system good for? Not to mention random word combinations are pretty damn hard to prosecute for intent.
It is a free speech issue. They are finding ways to use our free speech against us, we simply need to speek in unison.
Couldn't some resourceful and concerned programmer simply write and distribute a program that could automatically generate key phrases and insert them into chat and e-mail messages to trigger Carnivore? DOS THEIR servers with bogus warnings that could constantly change monthly to keep up with their filters? I am sure those we write to would understand and even adopt the practice. It would only take a few thousand people all answering their phones with a, "Hello, allah ackbar!, proceed with mission, what's up? How could they truly filter out such massive amounts of info? Jam the system. Bring it to it's knees.