[wordup] A whole lot more on "Jam Echelon Day"

Sun Aug 5 15:17:58 EDT 2001

Via: politech at politechbot.com

[I strongly suspect this is more valuable as a publicity stunt than as a
serious exercise, but perhaps I'm just being a wet blanket. --Declan]

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Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 10:41:06 -0700
To: Declan McCullagh <declan at well.com>
From: Michael Teetering <teetering at cipherwar.com>
Subject: Jam Echelon Day  ~ Part II

Declan,

There is a group of us resurrecting the Jam Echelon effort from 1999. I
have pasted in the appropriate information below for your consideration.

We would love to have you lend a hand in getting the message out. This is
primarily a movement designed to bring the existence of Echelon into the
public forum from a different angle. We hope you will see it as a worthy
effort and choose to assist us.

Sincerely,
                    - - - Michael Teetering

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Our Mission Statement:

Jam Echelon Day - October 21, 2001

Mission Statement

The primary goal of Jam Echelon Day 2001 is to raise public awareness of
the existence of Echelon and stimulate scrutiny of the world's government
agencies that operate it.

We are offering substantial resources for people to educate themselves
about Echelon and what it is capable of.  This is an educational campaign
sponsored by concerned netizens that value personal privacy and firmly
believe that everyone has a right to privacy without government intrusion.

The 2001 "Jam Echelon" campaign has kept the name of it's 1999 predecessor
both to honor a great idea and to state an ideal. We acknowledge that the
current level of technology being utilized by the Echelon group far
exceeds our ability to actually impact it in this manner. We do not
intend, nor do we encourage attempting to overload Echelon's surveillance
systems with spam.

In the past, different organizations and individuals have sent out mass
emailings using "keywords" designed to trigger Echelon's filters. In
reality, it is unknown if this tactic actually jammed up Echelon's systems
but it is likely that this would only produce an abundance of Echelon
related spam and be counter productive. It is our opinion that more can be
accomplished by sending people to one of the Jam Echelon mirrors for
information.

Our recommendation for action on October 21st is for you to email everyone
on your personal mailing list informing them of the existence of Echelon.
Then, direct them to one of the "Jam Echelon" sites for further
information. Include some of the "keywords" in your email; it can't hurt.
Who knows? We might get lucky.

An informed populace is an empowered populace.

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Press Release:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

CONTACT:
Scully:   Scully at cipherwar.com or
Michael Teetering:    Teetering at cipherwar.com

Global Monitoring System, ECHELON, has its day. Jam Echelon Day October 21st

THE INTERNET - July 25, 2001 - A large group of individuals in the Global
Internet Community have set out to bring attention to the communications
monitoring system known as ECHELON.

Two years ago, when this idea was launched, the existence of ECHELON was
denied by all of the participating agencies. Now with the recent issuing
of the report by the "Temporary Committee on the ECHELON Interception
System"  its existence and invasive practices are no longer in doubt.

We are urging all persons who utilize any form of global communication to
inform their circle of friends regarding ECHELON and its monitoring of all
email, telephone and fax communications in Europe. Along with this we are
urging the inclusion of as many 'trigger words' within those
communications as possible.

To this end, we have established a primary web site at:
http://cipherwar.com/echelon and numerous mirror sites around the world to
help educate people about ECHELON and what it really means to the Global
community at large.

October 21st has been designated "JAM ECHELON DAY" and on that day we are
encouraging email messages to be sent out in great numbers, containing as
many 'trigger words' as possible. (There is a list of 1700 on the web
site.) While the goal of "jamming up" ECHELON is a lofty and likely
unattainable one, is it not better to signal displeasure at being
monitored than passively allow it to happen? We think so.

Now is a chance for anyone, regardless of computer expertise, to become an
instant hacktivist - and all you need is your regular email program.

After October 21st, we ask global netizens to merely stop censoring
themselves for fear of scrutiny. If the bulk of monitored hits becomes too
great, the effective-ness will drop to the insignificant. A proverb from
Madagascar states; "Cross the river in a crowd and the crocodile won't eat
you." Although that may not be completely true, we invite you to join us.

# # #

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==========MIRRORS AS OF 7/25==================

http://cipherwar.com/echelon
http://echelon.oregonwebdesign.com/
http://www.cotse.com/JamEchelon/
http://logos4u.box.sk/JED2K/
http://www.net-security.org/mirror/jam-echelon/
http://www.world-of-hell.com/JED2K/
http://www.net-security.org/text/press/995403788,97012,.shtml (Press Release)
http://www.ellicit.org/JAME/
http://www.safemode.org/echelon
http://www.sentry-labs.com/echelon/
http://thehacktivist.com/jed/
http://www.chrisrhodes.net/jam/index.htm
http://echelon.partisan.de/

The German Translation:
http://echelon.partisan.de/index_de.html
http://echelon.linuxsecurity.com
http://echelon.kayuza.com

Coverage so far in:
http://cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6687430.html
http://www.msnbc.com/news/605596.asp
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2092039,00.html
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/cn/20010726/tc/activists_target_u_s_surveillance_system_1.html

http://www.chinabyte.com/20010727/1412440.shtml
http://japan.cnet.com/News/2001/Item/010727-4.html
http://inicio.com/internet/SInicio?j=0&i=11390&f=152979
http://informacao.siconline.pt/SIC_Article/0,6612,7-9114,00.html
http://www.netoscope.ru/news/2001/07/27/3017.html
http://index.hu/tech/net/jamech/
http://7amnews.com/2001/features/072701.shtml
http://news.tiscali.ch/technologie/detail.asp?id=6264
http://novosti.online.ru/it/news/01/07/29_005.htm
http://www.shockhorrorprobe.com/2001/features/072701.shtml
http://computersweden.idg.se/text/010718-CS5
http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?ID=010718-CS5
http://securitygeeks.shmoo.com/article.php?story=20010722150632388
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/07/30/echelon.protest/index.html

And more being sent in every day...

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