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	Do you think that the government is reading your e-mail? By CousinVinny Asked Feb 16 2007 5:06AM	301 Pts Rate Question

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by JAMMco... its complicated... on Feb 16, 2007 at 5:55 am Permalink

I doubt it. But I'm sure they have filters for specific words or topics in some of the Government departments that deal with National Security Issues.

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Tom47 is howling in his wolf COAT Oct, 24 2007 at 03:09 AM

Missmezzo, what JAMMco said.

afghani_stan Apr, 29 2008 at 08:35 AM

I know this is late. But read the news. A former employee of AT&T has admitted to setting up a server that stores a list of all visited websites and which IP adresses visit them. Therefore, all information that is accessed via an AT&T line is bottlenecked through a central server. They are not watching in real-time what you are doing, but they are saving it to be sifted through later. You can find many stories about this with a simple google search. Also, the fact that someone is paranoid does not necessarily make them wrong. In this case, it makes them smart. They are doing it, they have told us they are doing it. I don't see where there could be any possible debate on the subject.

Musicological May, 28 2009 at 03:32 AM

The original msg reads 'the goverment' not any particular one so I guess my post is valid...
Many providers are doing the same, in many countries but in some cases it is very obvious, for example, it is a fact that the government of Castro reads everything before it goes out even when only a few people in the island have any form of internet access, I got a letter from a Cuban resident just a few days ago and to my surprise it showed way down on my list which is sorted by date, so I guess they don't even have the technology to censorship fast enough so people won't notice, or they just don't care, again this is an extreme case, the msg also had a note at the end stating more or less that they reserve the right to do it!

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by centrator on Mar 6, 2007 at 8:53 am Permalink

I have not reached the state of paranoia that would make me think that out of 300,000,000 people they are watching ME.

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Lompocus Jun, 19 2007 at 07:57 PM

finally an intelligent answer.

MaineMoody Mar, 08 2008 at 10:39 PM

A thinking man, could even be a liberal.

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by lady fuschia on Feb 21, 2007 at 10:51 am Permalink

I would hope that they have better things to do with our tax money than check up which particular Nigerian dignitry thinks I'm worthy of respect and whether I've taken up that 10% off viagra offer yet.

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nullpointer Feb, 28 2007 at 10:34 AM

Lol. But how do they know which one contains security threat secrets? I mean what is the actual process?

centrator Mar, 06 2007 at 08:54 AM

Triple points for having a sense of humor on this one.

Cannabis its just a plant Jun, 19 2007 at 08:16 PM

Hahaha

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by LAoV - leaving AB - Please see profile on Mar 8, 2008 at 2:28 pm Permalink

Having worked for the Government, I know full well they don't take the time to read their OWN email, much less anyone else's. ^_^

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Ed the Jetpacking Headbanger Sep, 08 2008 at 04:22 PM

Funny! How's your son?

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by Glenn Blaylock on Feb 21, 2007 at 11:10 am Permalink

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I really doubt that the government is reading my email. Do you realize how much email gets sent every day? Even if every government employee was put on the job, I doubt that they could read every single email that is sent, let alone do all of the other things that the government has to do.

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"The Trotskyist Pantaloons: Yes, but perhaps there is something about your emails that draws their attention."

I very much doubt it. There is nothing even potentially subversive about the contents of my email.

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"I agree with Glenn :-) We are bit paranoid these days... However, it could be possible at some point emails get scanned very quickly looking for key words that would flag them as an email of interest."

Actually, if I remember correctly, the Clinton administration instituted a program to do just that.

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Halskiisaklink Feb, 24 2007 at 08:58 PM

Yes, but perhaps there is something about your emails that draws their attention.

Tani Feb, 24 2007 at 09:04 PM

I thought this about the sheer volume of email too.

John Pacella Apr, 05 2007 at 10:30 AM

I agree with Glenn :-) We are bit paranoid these days... However, it could be possible at some point emails get scanned very quickly looking for key words that would flag them as an email of interest.

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by Karl Plesz on Mar 2, 2007 at 5:27 pm Permalink

I do believe some governments are monitoring emails in an automated way, looking for key words. The ones that raise flags might be getting read. But more people who have sensitive things to say are not sending these messages in the clear (in other words, they're encrypting them).

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An0nym0us Feb, 17 2008 at 11:58 AM

Finally a good answer. I was going to give up on reading them all and write one myself soon hehe.

adm Jan, 19 2009 at 01:30 AM

The answer is yes i know a guy who monitors the internet so when somebody types a certain keyword like how to make meth or how to make a bomb, he watches what they do for a while to see if the person is really perusing the subject or just messing around

Anonymous Feb, 15 2009 at 01:20 AM

EXACTLY (almost) what i said! ya i totaly agreed if they are reading emails they would use a filter to indenify specific words or videos and check if there joking or really going to explode somthing!

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by Shelby on Oct 20, 2007 at 3:17 am Permalink

If they are, they're really REALLY bored.

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singwell-is off researching a lot Oct, 20 2007 at 03:17 AM

I was going to say that. LOLOL

Shelby Oct, 20 2007 at 03:20 AM

Haha they would probably be more interested by you, than me!

singwell-is off researching a lot Oct, 20 2007 at 03:32 AM

If you read most of my emails, you wouldn't say that! They ain't War and Peace. LOLOL

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by Jenniferocious on Feb 21, 2007 at 10:59 am Permalink

I know for a fact that they read mine... but, of course, I do work for them... so I guess they are entitled to see what I'm doing with my government email address! :)

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Anonymous Feb, 22 2009 at 11:19 AM

ok......though, if you know so much about this then do you work for the goverment or did you always enjoyed reading about them and there secrets?

Tom47 is howling in his wolf COAT Feb, 22 2009 at 03:38 PM

(smile) Fifth Amendment.

Anonymous Mar, 07 2009 at 05:51 PM

hehehe......yeah

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by T. K. SMOOTH on Feb 16, 2007 at 7:21 am Permalink

Probably. I suspected that all online activity is being monitored.

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LORD SKO Aug, 23 2007 at 01:06 AM

Thats Possible.

Tom47 is howling in his wolf COAT Oct, 24 2007 at 03:15 AM

For maybe one micro-second,T.K. Believe me, they have ways of ignoring unimportant and mundane activity, and zapping in on important stuff.

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by Anonymously on Mar 8, 2008 at 10:17 pm Permalink

NOTICE: Due to Presidential Executive Orders, the National Security Agency may have read this email without warning, warrant, or notice,and certainly without probable cause.

They may do this without any judicial or legislative oversight. You have no recourse or protection
save to call for the impeachment of the current "President."

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