Forwarded From: Pat Gray <eyeoferinat_private> Thought you might be interested in this: ------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Resource: Russia Wants to Monitor The Net I have now seen two articles on the Net about Russia's FSB security agency, formerly the KGB, reportedly working to establish a "SORM" -- the acronym for "system for ensuring investigative activity". This would force all providers of Internet services to install a snooping device in their main computers and build a dedicated information superhighway connecting it with FSB. The Russian secret police would be able to monitor, in real time, every e-mail message and Web page sent or received by Russians... The first article was back on July 21 at <http://www.mercurycenter.com/breaking/headline2/065854.htm>. Now a new one has appeared at <http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/11/russia.big.brother/index.html?st.ne.fd.mnaw> announcing a Russian web site, with information in Russian and some in English, who is "fighting back". ------------------------------------------------------- Regards Pat Gray -o- Subscribe: mail majordomoat_private with "subscribe isn". Today's ISN Sponsor: New Dimensions International [www.newdimensions.net]
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