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fwd: Canadian gov't eavesdropping



> Date:	Tue, 1 Feb 1994 20:21:46 -0500
[...]
> HIGH-TECH SNOOP GADGET.  A super-secret branch of the Canadian Security
> Intelligence Service has awarded three contracts to a Montreal firm to make
> equipment that can quickly isolate key words and phrases from millions of
> airborne phone, fax, radio signals and other transmissions. The hardware
> has the "Orwellian potential to sweep through ... and keep records of all
> conversations," said one CSIS critic.  (CTV National News, 01/31/94 11:00
> pm).

Dunno how feasible this kind of keyword recognition presently is,
but here's another reason to encrypt.

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