FBI Monitors UBB Bds.

Sounds to me like they are getting Carnivore to work overtime or something! I read a few days back that the FBI has "45" days from this week to turn over the papers regarded on it. Why does it take SOOO Long for papers to show up on stuff? Sounds more like they are trying to get as much use out of it as possible before the plug is pulled. Anyway...that is just my opinion. I could be wrong! :D

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Try to take away my gun...and you will see my 2nd Amendment Right in ACTION!!! -Me

FOR THE CHILDREN!!!!
 
So, what was the threat? The incineration or the ice cube comment? ;)

If that comment by the moderator is on the level, then I would say the FBI and Secret Service are waaaaaay over funded.

And, if people like those on TFL, and someone who finds Gore to be anathema are the enemy, then this fight is already on. And, their FBI / Secret Service oath, and the basic principles of this country are already, well .... toast. ;)

Live and let live. Regards from AZ
 
As i have said before, a daily log of the addresses that connect to TFL must contain a few BATF IP addresses. If they are being slightly sneaky then they link in via AOL.

I would think a .gov operator would try to bot in here and harvest the posts on a daily basis

Rich & Sparky know how many unique IP addresses connect to TFL.

I trust them to keep the wolves at bay.

dZ
 
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There is hope for the new generation. Keep on keepin' on sumabich, your "over the mountain" buddies are with you!
 
Just because the moderator posted that FBI / video conference thing doesn't menat it is true. I think the whole thing smells fishy. Why would the FBI want to telegraph its intent to some dimwit poster on a hotrod BB?

You guys need to take this whole thing with one mighty large grain of salt. :rolleyes:
 
I've followed various reports of the alleged capabilities of the Echelon system. I'll speak of it as fact, omitting "they say" and "alleged".

The NSA and friends (Canada, NZ & GB) can record just about all messages sent via radio and land line. They have keyword search routines. Keywords are linked to key names and political offices.
These routines are apparently sophisticated enough to deal with context. So, if "take out" or "kill", e.g., are used in context of a VIP, alarms go off.

Somehow the program determines a "threat level" and will print out those which in some way indicate somebody's proposed action.

FWIW, I read of a new super computer going in at FSU which can perform some 400 billion operations per second. I can but assume the NSA has more than one of this sort of animal.

And that's about all I know.

Regards, Art
 
Ever since, I have been an avid user of PGP, an email encryption
program, which is, as far, unbreakable unless one uses really
inadequate keylengths. 2048 bits is enough to raise the ire of a fed,
and I suspect a 3072 bit Diffie-Hellman key will just let them abandon
their attempt to decrypt the email.

Maybe, we could have a TFL public keyring so everybody could send his
key in and have it on the TFL server. Then, if we want to mail in
privacy about some issue, voila, one can do it encrypted. PGP is great
insofar as every platform (from Wintel, Mac, Amiga, Unix, BeOS) has it
implemented and so everybody could participate. I'd volunteer to
manage the keyring.

The annual TFL meetings could then serve as key signing parties so
there would be the 'web of trust'. Since I live in Switzerland, I
can't take over that role, although, maybe next year, I will join the
TFL meeting given a few fellows let me shoot their guns. :)

And if you need more to know about PGP, http://www.pgpi.org has it
all. PGP is freeware (unless you need fancy features and esoteric key
managment) and there are plugins for a myriad of email software on
almost all platforms.

Anybody wanna pick up the idea?
 
Mussi, I love PGP, but it doesn't get along with my mail client, Eudora (Qualcomm's fix: don't use PGP :rolleyes: ). There'z some good stego software that I use for encrypting sensitive data, which might be a better option.
 
To Art Eatman,

Actually it is my understanding that the NSA has THE largest concentration of super computers in the world. I wonder what they use them for? Trying to decypher the secret formula for Coke Classic? :eek: Makes you wonder what all the bit crunching is being used for doesn't it.

JLM
 
I'm aware that PGP becomes troublesome if one uses some Windows stuff.
Have there been tries with the Forte line of products? AFAIK, Outlook
would run fine with PGP, but I guess that Outlook would just mail your
PGP key to the NSA. What options are left? Netscape? Emacs on Unix
(works nicely)? I'm not a PC user, I have Macs, Unix machines and
still two 'ole Amigas working nicely. What's left? Ask around, I fear.

At any rate, I'd manage the key ring and provide http download (yes, I
have a leased line at home). For the software on your respective
platforms, try working around. If one needs help with Eudora
(Coinneach...), I have a friend who uses it together with PGP. It
works sort of. Get Forte Free or any other mailer with a plugin,
preferably (except MS Outlook).

If all else fails, ask around in the comp.security.pgp.* newsgroups -
they can provide much more help than I ever could. Yet, I'm still
available for help - just email me.
 
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