By Denny on Thu 31 May 2001 at 23:10
This is interesting, in a weird kind of way. Someone has posted a list on the Internet claiming to be the keywords for the Echelon system (a system that detects potentially terrorist phone calls). I had a quick look through it just out of general curiousity (no, I don't make bombs for a hobby!) and I noticed that one of the words listed is 'Fetish'...
Now the list is not verifiable, and I have no idea what fetish has to do with terrorism, but I thought it was worth pointing out - if this is true, then any conversation containing the word 'fetish' will be highly likely to be taped and played back to a law-enforcement offical (probably one only concerned with terrorism, but even so, worth remembering). Also, if your phone line generates a lot of calls that trigger the system (i.e. you use the word 'fetish' a lot) then you might find your way onto a list of 'high interest' phone lines and end up under more general observation for a period of time.
Paranoid? Me? Nah... now where did I put that encryption software?
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