[Gllug] Government collecting comms data

[Chris Bell]

On Wed 18 Feb, lesleyb at herlug.org.uk wrote:
> 

> 
> Are you thinking of Echelon (GCHQ) or Phorn(?) - the one where they are
> collecting data about what everyone is looking at on t'Internet.  BT and
> a few other ISPs were joining up on that.  
> 
> All you've got to do is say bombs, bombs, bombs in an irc channel and
> they'll all pop in.  It's either that or Semtex.  
> 
> Regards
> 
> L.
> 

   Echelon (GCHQ), I gather that wholesale customers of BT may not be
required to do the job, BT will make the arrangements instead.

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