Saying "bomb" on the phone now makes you a terrorist.

[freddyfox]

I find it hard to believe, but every single telephone call you make is being taped by a secret government society that is trying to prevent bombings etc. Really. They have a big bunch of sattelite dishes that record EVERY phonecall made in the world. If they hear the word "bomb" or "explode" or "canned sardines" in your telephone call, they'll mark you down as a pottentional terrorist. (I swear I'm not making this up.) So, just a warning for the future incase you ever make a phonecall again.

I'm going to phone everyone I know and start talking about the oklahoma city bomber, how stuff is "the bomb", and how last week's show bombed!

[IceHawk]

It's called Project Echelon.

[Kaimetsu]

Hasn't that been around for ages? They scan emails and the like too, and either England or America (I forget which) has a big thingy set up called "Echelon" for this very purpose. Personally it doesn't bother me - I don't have anything to hide.

[waar]

is there any documentation of this on the internet somewhere? how did you find out about this? i don't find it that hard to believe.

[CrazedMerlin]

Originally posted by TrueHeaT
I'm going to phone everyone I know and start talking about the oklahoma city bomber, how stuff is "the bomb", and how last week's show bombed!

haha i must do that

[Kaimetsu]

Originally posted by IceHawk
It's called Project Echelon.

Dang, you beat me to it. So much for my hopes of looking intelligent.

[Zulithe]

Originally posted by TrueHeaT
I'm going to phone everyone I know and start talking about the oklahoma city bomber, how stuff is "the bomb", and how last week's show bombed!

Hahahaha considering how much people use the phrases you mentioned, they must screen hundreds of thousands of calls!

[waar]

Originally posted by Kaimetsu
Personally it doesn't bother me - I don't have anything to hide.

i see you're not too fond of privacy?

[Cloud_X]

They must think me and my friends are very messed up. When we play SC we all talk on the phone and are like " GO blow that up" "Nuke em" ect ect
btw that is true there was a news report on it./

[Kaimetsu]

Originally posted by waar


i see you're not too fond of privacy?

Why should I be? I'm just me, I don't care if some secret agent listens to me talking to a friend about donuts or something stupid like that. I doubt they'd very much care anyway.

[waar]

Originally posted by Kaimetsu


Why should I be? I'm just me, I don't care if some secret agent listens to me talking to a friend about donuts or something stupid like that. I doubt they'd very much care anyway.

i guess we're different.

if i found actual proof that a conversation of mine was being recorded i would sue for civil rights violations. actually, i probably wouldn't, too lazy to go through the process. but i would deffinetly (sp?) be outraged, and purposely make a phone call saying i am going to bomb washington or something, just to get them on my case.

[cds96]

JUST BECAUSE YOUR NOT PARINORD IT DONT MEAN THERE NOT WATCHING YOU!!!

[Zulithe]

Haha, actually if you were talking about doughnuts, they would care... A LOT

Originally posted by waar


i guess we're different.

if i found actual proof that a conversation of mine was being recorded i would sue for civil rights violations.

As would I.

[JungleKid]

Looks like someone has been watching Enemy of the State (a great movie)

[CrazedMerlin]

Yup, me to.

[CrazedMerlin]

Originally posted by JungleKid
Looks like someone has been watching Enemy of the State (a great movie)

YESHR!
I love that movie

[Kaimetsu]

People are missing the point. If they do monitor calls then they can help save lives with the information from that. Oh, so somebody will know that you phoned "Mike" at 11am and asked if he wanted to go see a movie? So what? You think they'll remember for even a few seconds afterwards? You might as well sue someone for overhearing your conversation on the street.

[Zulithe]

Originally posted by Kaimetsu
People are missing the point. If they do monitor calls then they can help save lives with the information from that. Oh, so somebody will know that you phoned "Mike" at 11am and asked if he wanted to go see a movie? So what? You think they'll remember for even a few seconds afterwards? You might as well sue someone for overhearing your conversation on the street.

Yeah but what if I'm talking to the slave trader in Asia who accidently sent me 5 child laborers to help run my shoe factory's sole applicator machine instead of 6!? Oops... I've said too much.

[omni-m00gle]

I just called up my friend and screamed over the phone "BOMB GO EXPLODE!!!!!! CANNED SARDINES!" He thought I was crazy

[IceHawk]

They have over 100 supercomputers dedicated to the task.

[Kaimetsu]

Originally posted by Zulithe
Yeah but what if I'm talking to the slave trader in Asia who accidently sent me 5 child laborers to help run my shoe factory's sole applicator machine instead of 6!? Oops... I've said too much.

Then you use coded language. Watch the master at work:

"Hey, 'Fred', you sent me one too few 'spanners', so now I can't make my 'car' in my completely 'legal' 'garage'. Please send them on the next 'mail' and only then can I 'thank' you."

[FatherDante]

Rest assured, friends, this is completely untrue.

The so called "project" echelon is a misguided referrence to a top of the line e-mail scanning program called Echelon developed by the UK and the US for e-mail security, and I think some kind of tax-evasion detection (don't ask me how they do that...)

But they are not tapping your phone calls, and you can not be arrested only on the basis of words in a telephone conversation. Vermain, don't fall for the hysteria.

[vergil]

Originally posted by Kaimetsu
Personally it doesn't bother me - I don't have anything to hide.

that is like saying "personally, i dont care if the government takes pictures of me naked and examines my testicles to see if i have a disease from monkeys that spreads like )#*$"

[FatherDante]

I'd rather the government examine my testicles than I die from a disease. Obviously, the government knows when it's in the best interest to mandate the examination of my testicles.

[IceHawk]

I really don't need to hear this

[JungleKid]

what's wrong with talking about Dante's testicles? Watch this thread get deleted now. lol.

[Cloud_X]

It's true there was a story in the newspaper a mother was talking to another mother and said something like "My son is going to bomb the school test". The police came I believe. Something like that.

[CrazedMerlin]

Originally posted by FatherDante
I'd rather the government examine my testicles than I die from a disease. Obviously, the government knows when it's in the best interest to mandate the examination of my testicles.

WHAT DID IU DO WITH THE REAL DANTE!?