That would take a hell of a lot of human readers! Tim got that bit right.
I reckon they'd simply scan e-mails for key words and output mail that
scored above a certain figure.
You might think that if we all randomly scattered 'interesting'
terror-related words in our e-mails, it might overload the system: I
couldn't possibly comment.
Tony Wood
(from Linux netbook)
On 14/12/12 10:09, Andy Smith wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 07:55:06PM +0000, Tim Brocklehurst wrote:
>> I can't wait until GCHQ realises exactly how much e-mail traffic
>> there is!
> Even if GCHQ somehow does not read all UK Internet traffic, the
> American NSA does. This isn't a tinfoil hat comment; they really do,
> there have been court cases about it. So if you send an email that
> ends up going through equipment located in the US (like if you
> emailed someone using gmail...), they probably read it.
>
> https://www.eff.org/nsa-spying/faq
>
> "...the NSA is intercepting and analyzing millions of ordinary
> Americans' communications, with the help of the country's
> largest phone and Internet companies. EFF has brought two
> lawsuits to stop this illegal surveillance. In 2012, three NSA
> whistleblowers came forward to confirm Mr. Klein's evidence, as
> well as other information about the warrantless surveillance."
>
> In light of that, it seems a little naive to assume that any other
> government would not do the same if they thought they could get away
> with it. So just assume that multiple governments read all the
> emails you send - it might be easier.
>
> Cheers,
> Andy
>
>
>
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