NetCurrents: Echelon for the Private Sector

billstewart@pobox.com wcs at idiom.com
Sun Jul 22 18:02:26 PDT 2001


However, unlike Echelon, they're probably monitoring only conversations
in public spaces, like an extended higher-priced version of Google/DejaNews.
There's nothing there you wouldn't be able to find on Blacknet :-)

                    John Doe


> On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 05:15:53PM -0400, Faustine wrote:
> > Did you know that NetCurrents, which bills itself as "the Internet's 
> > Premiere Intelligence Agency", conducts real-time monitoring of message 
> > boards, chatrooms, and IRC channels, logging and producing reports on all 
> > occurences of particluar keywords for their clients?
> > 
> > Echelon for the private sector, pure and simple. 

On 07/22/2001 - 17:52, Declan McCullagh wrote:
> And what we would expect the market to do.
> If you don't like it, use a nym.

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Thanks;
    Bill Stewart <bill.stewart at pobox.com>





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