Build a Lookaround! The Lookaround Book, 4th ed. Now an E-book. http://www.panoramacamera.us > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: govt spys, was Are you a Yahoo! group member? > From: Bob Maxey <written_by@xxxxxxx> > Date: Tue, January 31, 2006 8:04 pm > To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > >>>Just to get back on topic - do ya suppose NSA monitors cell phone photo > traffic? Could a jpeg be construed (in some twisted Bushey way) as > separate from protected speech? Are cell phone picture's "native" > telecommunications mode off the Internet?<<<< > > > > I think the NSA (thanks guys, if you are monitoring) does what it does and has always done to (generally speaking) keep us safe. Some people are scared because they actually know nothing about how the various security services function and if the Gubberment is keeping it a secret, they MUST be up to no good, since CNN and PBS is not telling us. > > > > Some people (such as yourself, perhaps) hate Bush without knowing why and with little to no evidence of wrong doing. Therefore, everything he does is suspect. Others think we absolutely need to know everything every part of the government is up to. > > > You only come to their attention when you do bad things that sensible people would agree you should be considered in detail. > > > > So relax. > > > > Bob > Bob, Yea, like belonging to or associating with: the Bad political party, the Bad race, the Bad sexual orientation, and so on. Even as recent as the past half-century, being or just knowing one of those kind of Bad guys could be cause enough for the government to ruin you life. That kind of short-sightedness results in internment camps and black lists. Speaking of black lists - this topic may seem a bit OT but it does apply to transmission of photos. I'm wondering what kind of pictures besides child porn would call attention to "interested" parties? AZ
