[Gllug] Government collecting comms data

Johnathon Tinsley kirrus at kirrus.co.uk
Wed Feb 18 10:10:44 UTC 2009


t.clarke wrote:
> The words semtex  may not occur that often in emails etc, but I bet C4 and bombs
> (not in the same sentence hopefully) crop up often enough  - so I guess GCHQ
> must be working overtime!
> 
> They supposedly monitor all telphone calls for 'trip words'  - is this just
> an urban myth?  -  the processing power required would be VAST !

No, it's not an urban myth.

Yes, it is vast.

Unsurprisingly, they use linux / unix ;-)


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