Activists are planning an international day of protest. Their aim? To jam Echelon. But privacy experts warn that "trigger words" will not outsmart the global surveillance system. A group of Internet activists are hoping to bring attention to the US-led communications spy network, on 21 October, with a "Jam Echelon Day", but privacy experts are certain that the protests will have a minimal effect on the sophisticated surveillance system.. . .
Activists are planning an international day of protest. Their aim? To jam Echelon. But privacy experts warn that "trigger words" will not outsmart the global surveillance system. A group of Internet activists are hoping to bring attention to the US-led communications spy network, on 21 October, with a "Jam Echelon Day", but privacy experts are certain that the protests will have a minimal effect on the sophisticated surveillance system.

Organisers of the cyber-event are encouraging the Internet community to send out as many email messages as possible, containing certain "trigger words", which the Echelon system is believed to pick up on. If the bulk of monitored emails becomes too great, the theory is that the Echelon intelligence system will be overworked with intercepting spurious input, and so its effectiveness will drop.

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