how to beat e-mail surveillance

[darkbeforedawn]

<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/April">www.waynemadsenreport.com/April</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> 20, 2006 -- Beating Bush's NSA e-mail surveillance simple. According to NSA sources, there is a simple method to avoid having one's e-mail captured by NSA Internet filters that have been installed within major Internet exchanges, such as the AT&T facility in San Francisco, which is the subject of a class action suit against AT&T. By typing "Viagra" or "Cialis" in the message text, the filters will automatically identify the e-mail as spam and ignore it. The e-mail could contain the words "Al Qaeda" or "Bin Laden," but as long as Viagra or Cialis are also contained in the text, the e-mail will pass through the filters without being intercepted.<br><br><br><br>Beating NSA e-mail surveillance -- use the "blue pill" and your e-mail will not go down the rabbit hole.<br><br> <p></p><i></i>

[CyberChrist]

That's the stupidest idea ever. The filters simply do not throw out everything with Viagra in it.<br><br>You want to beat email surveillance? Encrypt the email. Use public-private keys of 1024-bit length and on top of that, don't refer to anything directly in the email that may incriminate you. Use keywords and phrases. If you have a secret to transmit, don't be an idiot and email it.<br><br> <p>--<br>CyberChrist<br>http://www.hackerjournal.org<br>My brain is hung like a horse.</p><i></i>

[nomo]

If the NSA's computer think a message containing the word "Viagra" is spam, chances are that your own email filtering software will do so as well. Meaning that if I were a sleeper cell waiting for the word "Go", I'd have to put up with hundreds of spam messages everyday, just in case. <p></p><i></i>

[Sarutama]

Did you also know that Bill Gates will give $1000 dollars to anyone that forwards a certain email he sends out.<br><br>It was in my inbox, so it has to be true! <p></p><i></i>

[CyberChrist]

Yeah, i got that same email too.. lol. <p>--<br>CyberChrist<br>http://www.hackerjournal.org<br>My brain is hung like a horse.</p><i></i>

[Hugh Manatee Wins]

I'm sure encrypted messages get a flag of their own for special treatment.<br><br>The spam idea is an interesting one. I've written about 'spam-jacketing' where info the PTB want to suppress is embedded in spam to sensitize the filters to the keywords and links.<br><br>I found an article about spamming and using random text to fool the filters. The text shown as example was from 'The Unauthorized Biography of George Bush,' one of the first maximally subversive exposes of American fascism mirrored all over the then-new web.<br><br>Similar subversive texts have been found in spam and I'm convinced this spam-jacketing is being used plus many other cyber-tricks.<br><br>Clever plausible deniability censorship. We could be sending who shot JFK to the spam bin and not know it. <p></p><i></i>

[thoughtographer]

<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>According to NSA sources</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->, there is a simple method to avoid having one's e-mail captured by NSA Internet filters that have been installed within major Internet exchanges, such as the AT&T facility in San Francisco, which is the subject of a class action suit against AT&T.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br>Would real disinformation need to hit people square in the face to be recognized? Maybe that's the problem.<br><br> <p><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>"A crooked stick will cast a crooked shadow."</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--></p><i></i>

[Darklo]

Any half brained terrorist wouldnt use email to communicate they messages unless it was disinfo. Theres much better ways of communicating without trace.<br><br>Any half brained NSA expert would know this.<br><br>NSA spying on web traffic is nothing to do with anti terrorism, and everything to do with population control, corporate espionage and, well, the old fashioned doing it because they dammned well can. <p></p><i></i>

[thoughtographer]

Yeah, I guess that is the problem.<br><br>According to this article, the agency that put the filters in place is also the source of a rumor about said filters inefficacy! The article even lowjacks the term "blue pill" in a multi layered pop-culture attack (Matrix, impotence is funny, etc.) to make the lies easier for the targer audience to "swallow" (pun intended).<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://rense.com/1.mpicons/Topleft_magneurol.gif" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <p><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>"A crooked stick will cast a crooked shadow."</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=thoughtographer>thoughtographer</A> at: 4/21/06 5:23 pm<br></i>

[Hugh Manatee Wins]

Reminds me of story I heard about a professor giving voting advice to his college students.<br><br>He said "Now remember that a low turn-out favors the Republican Party. So all you Republicans can help your party by not voting."<br><br>Few in the class laughed. <p></p><i></i>

[hmm]

<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Any half brained NSA expert would know this<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>People are forgetting there is a whistleblower involved in a lawsuit against AT&T claiming they route <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>ALL</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> internet traffic to the nsa, this whistleblower is being supported by the EFF (The Electronic Frontier Foundation).<br>Along with knowing that Madsen is a lying reagan era ex-nsa disinfo agent i also know Madsen is credited with being a expert on electronic privacy and he wrote about the NSA/AT&T lawsuit so it is all the more incredible he makes the claims he does in that "article"..<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Wayne_Madsen">www.sourcewatch.org/index...yne_Madsen</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Wayne Madsen is a Washington DC-based muckraking journalist and columnist. He is an expert in computer security and data privacy with over two decades experience including:<br><br> * U.S. Navy Officer working on early US Navy computer security programs for the Naval Data Automation Command<br> * <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>National Security Agency</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->'s National COMSEC Assessment Center in the 1980s<br> * Department of State<br> * RCA Corporation<br> * <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Computer Sciences Corporation </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>Madsen was formerly a Senior Fellow at The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>the AT&T lawsuit:<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://p216.ezboard.com/frigorousintuitionfrm10.showMessage?topicID=3812.topic">p216.ezboard.com/frigorou...3812.topic</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>madsen on the AT&T lawsuit (April 7, 2006):<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/2006_04010407.php">www.waynemadsenreport.com...010407.php</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>another thread showing madsens a liar..<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://p216.ezboard.com/frigorousintuitionfrm26.showMessage?topicID=119.topic">p216.ezboard.com/frigorou...=119.topic</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br> <p></p><i></i>

[rothbardian]

HMW may be right about 'encrypted messages' drawing special attention.<br><br>I have wanted to hear some informed opinions on the idea of simply misspelling any 'red flag' words, in sending emails.<br><br>I have wanted to feel more secure with my emailing, considering some of the hot topics I'm writing about. It would seem the NSA cannot read millions of emails so they are having their computers do word searches.<br><br>If I just misspelled words like "Ilooominati" or "Aal Keyduh", my friends could understand my meaning, but it would slip by the screens, would it not? Or is that wishful thinking?<br><br> <p></p><i></i>

[hmm]

given current computing capacity it would be trivial to take into account deliberate or obvious misspellings, remember they are looking for coded messages.<br>HMW is right that the use of encryption could draw attention to oneself.<br><br>The important thing to keep in mind is that you are innocent.<br>It is not a crime to discuss terrorism.<br>The more you use these words in innocent conversation the harder it gets for the screeners. <p></p><i></i>

[Hugh Manatee Wins]

<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>considering some of the hot topics I'm writing about.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>Datamining has been going on for a long time before the well-marketed NSA surveillance 'leak.'<br><br>So I think most Americans have long ago been cyber-scrutinized for threat potential.<br><br>Unlike J. Edgar Hoover's cointelpro days, now The Man can figure out who's who and what they are up to pretty easily...and HAS.<br><br>And The Man has been told by spychiatrists that venting is useful for maintaining the status quo so we are encouraged to just post angry words and buy the t-shirt and go back to work. <p></p><i></i>

[thoughtographer]

<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>HMW is right that the use of encryption could draw attention to oneself.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br>Of course he's right -- that's "no-brainer". Thanks for posting that summary of Madsen's sketchiness.<br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>The important thing to keep in mind is that you are innocent.<br>It is not a crime to discuss terrorism.<br>The more you use these words in innocent conversation the harder it gets for the screeners.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br>I believe that it's equally important to remember that it's not a crime to use encryption or any other method of obfuscation. Countless private citizens use encryption every day, and should be free to do so without handing over the keys to an untrusted third-party. Privacy is a right, not a weapon -- thank you, EFF.<br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Unlike J. Edgar Hoover's cointelpro days, now The Man can figure out who's who and what they are up to pretty easily...and HAS.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br>I'd rather not let fables of The Man's omniscience dissuade anyone from understanding and using encryption to exercise their rights. Supporting privacy rights, electronic or otherwise, would be time better spent than trying to haphazardly choke content filters with garbage and making preexisting problems even worse. <p><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>"A crooked stick will cast a crooked shadow."</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--></p><i></i>