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Internet privacy activists and "hacktivists" have announced a day-long cyber-protest intended to jam a computer surveillance network whose existence isn't acknowledged by the governments said to run it. |
The activists set October 21 as "Jam Echelon Day," calling on individuals to attempt to clog the purported monitoring system by using so-called "trigger" words in e-mail messages. The Echelon system is said to monitor the use of certain words such as "bomb," or "terrorism," that could suggest dangerous activity.
"Echelon" is said to be a satellite-based telecommunications network that is capable of monitoring phone calls, faxes, and e-mails to and from targeted individuals. While the surveillance network is said to be run by the U.S. National Security Agency, with assistance from colleague agencies in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand, all five nations deny the existence of the Echelon system.
The Cipherwar Web site (http://cipherwar.com/echelon) contains a list of 1,700 "trigger words" that it says will draw the attention of the Echelon system. The list of these so-called trigger words ranges from the names and acronyms of government agencies, like CIA, to the names of Microsoft mogul Bill Gates and Wall Street Journal Technology Correspondent Walter Mossberg.
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Source: CNN
