Who is snooping on my email?

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>
Date: December 23, 2005 9:10:43 AM EST
To: EPIC_IDOF () mailman epic org
Subject: [EPIC_IDOF] Who is snooping on my email?

Hello,

With all of the controversy about the news that the NSA has been  
monitoring,
since 9/11, telephone calls and email messages of Americans, some folks
might
now be wondering if they are being snooped on.  Here's a quick and easy
method to see if one's email messages are being read by someone else.

The steps are:

   1.  Set up a Hotmail account.
   2.  Set up a second email account with a
       non-U.S. provider. (eg. Rediffmail.com)
   3.  Send messages between the two accounts
       which might be interesting to the NSA.
   4.  In each message, include a unique URL
       to a Web server that you have access to its
       server logs.  This URL should only
       be known by you and not linked to from
       any other Web page.  The text of the
       message should encourage an NSA monitor
       to visit the URL.
   5.  If the server log file ever shows this
       URL being accessed, then you know that
       you are being snooped on.  The IP address
       of the access can also provide clues
       about who is doing the snooping.

Besides monitoring the NSA, this same technique can be used if you  
suspect
your email account password has been stolen or if a family member or
coworker is reading your email on your computer of the sly.

Richard M. Smith
http://www.ComputerBytesMan.com

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