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Global JAM ECHELON Day [Oct. 21]


From: mea culpa <jericho () DIMENSIONAL COM>
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 15:05:57 -0600

From: Robert Kemp <sensuant () hotmail com>

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http://www.wodip.opole.pl/~laslo/Echelon-links.html

STAND UP FOR THE FREEDOM TO EXCHANGE INFORMATION!

We the monitored have decided to stand up against the very real, very
intrusive, and ultimately oppressive global surveillance system known as
Echelon. Echelon is a vast mainframe set up by the New World Disorder in
order to monitor the world's electronic communications for subversive
keywords. Every time you send someone an email with keywords like
"revolution" and "hacktivism" [for instance], Echelon's computers make a
note of it. If you forward emails with regularity with words on Echelon's
extensive keyword list, you may be marked for human "hands-on" monitoring.

On October 21, 1999 , netizens around the globe are implored to send out
at least one email with at least 50 keyword words. You need not be privy
to knowing exactly what words Echelon uses. It is safe to assume that
words such as "revolution" and "manifesto" and "revolt" [etc.] will work.
Just be sure to sound as subversive as possible. There isn't even any need
to write a cohesive paragraph or sentence. Echelon's computers does not
understand the language anyway. It only knows to look for certain words.
By doing this we can at least temporarily jam the global surveillance
system.

This day of action will be timed to preceed Stop Police Brutality Day by
one day so that emails about actions can be sent out with little scrutiny
due to what will already be an enormous workload for Echelon.

Now is a chance for anyone, regardless of computer expertise, to become an
instant hacktivist - best of all, no software is needed [other than your
regular email program].

Of course, feel free to conduct such subversiveness any time. The larger
Echelon's workload, the more free our speech.

After October 1, we ask global netizens to merely stop censoring
themselves for fear of spooky scrutiny. By merely deciding to speak in the
spirit of unabashedly subverting the DOMINANCE paradigm, we will make it
quite difficult for Echelon to do its job.

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