Results: Echelon
Published on 10/03/2023
"https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › ECHELON
ECHELON, originally a secret government code name, is a surveillance program (signals intelligence /SIGINT collection and analysis network) operated by the five signatory states to the UK USA Security Agreement: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States, also known as the Five Eyes."
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Have you heard of Echelon? (Picture is from UK -"Radomes with satellite uplink capabilities believed to be used by ECHELON.")
Yes
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302 votes
No
71%
1491 votes
Undecided
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307 votes
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Did you know officially Echelon doesn't exist? ("The US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand created Echelon as part of an Anglo-Saxon club, set up by secret treaty in 1947. The five countries divided up the world to share the product of global eavesdropping.")
Yes
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No
88%
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Did you know key words are alert flags to record the messages? "The Echelon operation is based at Fort Meade in Maryland, America, and at GCHQ in Cheltenham. Agencies from the five countries exchange intercepted transmissions, using supercomputers to flag up any messages containing key words listed in the so-called Echelon 'dictionaries'. These transmissions are recorded and transcribed for future analysis."
Yes
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244 votes
No
51%
1062 votes
Undecided
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Not Applicable
24%
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Do you know how to protect yourself from Echelon? "Make sure you do not use phones, faxes or emails communicating information you would rather others did not know. As Neil MacCormick, the Scottish Nationalist vice-chairman of the Echelon parliamentary committee, put it: "People should treat their emails like seaside postcards; that is to say put anything you like on them but don't be surprised if someone else reads them.""
Yes
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No
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Undecided
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Not Applicable
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Bonus question. Have you heard of Pegasus Malware?
Yes
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363 votes
No
53%
1109 votes
Undecided
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Not Applicable
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