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TheGarbbageManPorn · 12-29-2005, 10:32 AM

December 27, 2005 10:18 AM PST
Richard M. Smith, a computer privacy expert, has suggested a method to find out if the government is monitoring a person's e-mail.

"With all of the controversy about the news that the NSA (National Security Agency) 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," he said in a blog posting last week.

To find out, Smith suggested the following recipe: Set up e-mail accounts with Hotmail and a non-U.S. e-mail provider and send e-mail back and forth whose contents "might be interesting to the NSA." He supplies a list of various ways to trigger NSA curiosity. The e-mails should also include an otherwise unpublished Web page address whose logs the interested person can view. Then scrutinize the logs to see if anyone is visiting the site.

The method also can be used to see if others who have access to your password or computer are reading your e-mail on the sly, he said.

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TheGarbbageManPorn For cybersex, do I need a hole in my monitor? Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: New York City Posts: 213	Computer expert details e-mail snoop detector December 27, 2005 10:18 AM PST Richard M. Smith, a computer privacy expert, has suggested a method to find out if the government is monitoring a person's e-mail. "With all of the controversy about the news that the NSA (National Security Agency) 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," he said in a blog posting last week. To find out, Smith suggested the following recipe: Set up e-mail accounts with Hotmail and a non-U.S. e-mail provider and send e-mail back and forth whose contents "might be interesting to the NSA." He supplies a list of various ways to trigger NSA curiosity. The e-mails should also include an otherwise unpublished Web page address whose logs the interested person can view. Then scrutinize the logs to see if anyone is visiting the site. The method also can be used to see if others who have access to your password or computer are reading your e-mail on the sly, he said. __________________ [img]http://******************/DUMP9696/ServerContent/MyCustomImages/DUMP9696CustomImage1452829.gif[/img]www.***********.comGarbage Is Life