[ox] FWD: Echeleon news
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Datum: 29.05.01 20:38:29 (MEZ) - Mitteleurop. Sommerzeit
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Tuesday, 29 May 2001
PRIVACY: US Using Echelon To Spy On Citizens, Says Euro Parliament
A new European Parliament document confirms the existence of a secret,
U.S.-led global surveillance network, known as Echelon, monitoring
telephones, faxes and e-mails, according to the New Scientist. It recommends
that all European citizens should encrypt their e-mail and use open-source
software that can be checked for hidden eavesdropping; most commercial
software code is secret. The document suggests that Echelon could be in
breach of European human rights law and calls for the U.K. - Echelon's key
suspected European partner - to be more accountable over its use.
May 29, 2001
Sources: New Scientist; The Age
<http://www.newscientist.com/dailynews/news.jsp?id=ns9999789>
<http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/2001/05/28/FFXU1BG49NC.html>
Kurt-Werner Pörtner
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