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              | Date: 2001-12-25 
 
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 Die grantigen Annotationes zum Text der Times of India stammen
 von Bruce Sterling, einem Member der Nettime Community.
 
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 Email users beware, Big Brother is watching SIDDHARTH
 SRIVASTAVA TIMES NEWS NETWORK
 
 NEW DELHI: The Intelligence Bureau (IB) has prepared a list of
 new keywords that are to be used to intercept mails emanating
 from IP addresses in India.
 
 The move comes after investigations have revealed that Mohammad
 alias 'Burger,' who led the Parliament attack, was in constant touch
 with his counterparts in Pakistan as well as within India through
 email.
 
 A laptop has been recovered from the terrorists as well, the
 contents of which are under investigation. The IB earlier reported
 that terrorists connected to the Lashkar-e-Taiba and the Jaish are
 tech-savvy.
 
 Till now, the IB had concentrated more on email IDs with reference
 to obvious giveaways such as Kashmir, Lashkar, Pakistan,
 Musharraf etc. For example, an email ID such as
 Lashkar@hotmail.com should be under the surveillance of the IB.
 
 The IB has now gone further and prepared a new list of keywords
 used in the copy of mails that will be intercepted.
 
 The system works like this: A software filters mails that repeatedly
 use the words that the IB has shortlisted. The more obvious
 keywords would include Jaish, Kashmir, Lashkar. Others are
 attack, kill, rocket. Mails with repeated reference to Arab names
 will also be under surveillance.
 
 Emails that carry names of Indian political leaders will also be
 under surveillance. However, the software can't decipher code
 words since they can be common words. Interestingly, the CIA is
 using the same software with a good success rate.  (((Hey
 spookwalla! That's *NSA,* okay? Not the CIA! The NSA is the one
 with all the mathematicians.)))
 
 "The task of monitoring such mails is humungous. Hence, for now,
 we will be monitoring mails that have several references to the
 keywords that we have identified," says a senior IB official.
 
 According to the official: "The IB is the only Indian intelligence
 Agency that has the ability to intercept mails. None of the other
 agencies involved in investigationsthe Delhi Police, the Central
 Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Research and Analysis Wing
 (RAW)have the ability to intercept mails. Only the CIA has similar
 capabilities." (((So how'd the IB get those "similar capabilities"?
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 published on: 2001-12-25
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