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From: goldberg@su-russell.ARPA (Jeffrey Goldberg)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics,misc.misc
Subject: Re: Keywords
Message-ID: <237@su-russell.ARPA>
Date: Sun, 11-Jan-87 21:52:00 EST
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Posted: Sun Jan 11 21:52:00 1987
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Reply-To: goldberg@su-russell.UUCP (Jeffrey Goldberg)
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In article <339@watcgl.UUCP> ksbooth@watcgl.UUCP (Kelly Booth) writes:
>A recent posting contained a list of keywords to trigger some NSA filter.
>People who do this should realize that if NSA is actually running such a
>filter, they are also probably keeping a list of the articles and all of
>the responses to it.  Thus people who reply to such articles may end up
>on a list that could be used against them.  The list of junk keywords is
>cute, but when it jeopardizes people's professional or personal lives (as
>such things inevitably do) or the continued existence of open networks
>people should think carefully before engaging in this sort of baiting.
>Attitudes at NSA may well need changing, but this is not the appropriate
>way to do it.

First:  I have redirected follow-up to misc.misc.  I don't know how
this ended up in graphics.

Second: You should be able to edit the text of any article you are
following up.  The offensive part of my .signature is a paragraph to
itself and can be deleted very easily.

Third:  If the NSA really is running this filter, they are looking
for articles to have a human read.  Otherwise, the thing is quite
pointless.  I might make it on a list of net trouble makers (but I
really doubt that they care that much).  Certainly any message
simply including someone elses text wouldn't get you put on a list.

Fourth:  What you are suggesting might happen to someone for
accidently including these words in a file has got to be illegal.
Unless you are considering a security clearance application.  I
might be jeopardizing my own chances at getting a clearance by
being a "trouble maker", but someone responding to one of my
messages could only be put on that list if the NSA are idiots.

Nonetheless, people who do not wish to participate in annoying the
NSA they way I and several other have been trying to do should be
careful to delete that last paragraph of my signature in any
message they wish to follow-up.


Jeff Goldberg 
ARPA:   goldberg@russell.stanford.edu, goldberg@csli.stanford.edu
UUCP:   ...!hplabs!russell.stanford.edu!goldberg

cryptography, terrorist, DES, drugs, cipher, secret, decode,
NSA, CIA, NRO.
 The above is food for the NSA line eater.  Add it to your
 .signature and you too can help overflow the NSA's ability to
 scan all traffic going in or out of the USA looking for
 "significant" words.  (I am told that this is no joke.)