From: Edmund Grech (edmund@arclightentertainment.co.uk)
Date: Mon Apr 29 2002 - 02:58:28 MDT
> Is it legal to eaves drop data in America/UK ?
>
> Just curious,
>
> Woody
As Mike points out it isn't apparently illegal to tap someones phone who
isn't in your country, it is presumably only diplomatically impolite if you
get caught. In any case since Echelon is a joint American British program if
it is technically illegal it doesn't matter because the government supports
it and publicly denies its existance.
Besides, Echelon's primary purpose is not so much to eaves drop on British
American communication though it does, but rather on other countries
networks. It's the piece of kit responsible for recording your phone
conversation if you mention the words bomb or assasination on a libian
payphone, or any other for that matter.
I don't know if it extends to internet datqa - email etc but if it doesn't
you can be certain something else does. Addmittedly I have to agree with
Mike that it is passive by comparison to acts of all out Hack attacks, but
we have long experience in treading that fine line very well - so we get
away with it.
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