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HUMOR: I wouldn't be so paranoid if people would stop spying on me
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (abennett@MIT.EDU)
Wed May 4 11:09:26 1994
From: abennett@MIT.EDU
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 04 May 94 11:06:58 EDT
Spelling left as is. It adds to the atmosphere.
-Big Brother
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 94 18:16:41 PDT
From: ckleinja@Novell.COM (Connie Kleinjans)
> <<Forwards being debriefed by Big Brother>>
>
> I have warned people that the authorities are using CC decoders to
> turn televisions into spying devices, but people just ask dumb
> questions and then having satisfied their feeble wit, they rest
> content in the delusion that they have nothing to worry about.
>
> Here is more evidence I have collected about the federally mandated
> CC decoders.
>
> First I went to some local electronic stores (I can't tell you
> which one's) and looked at TV's and separate CC decoders. I was
> careful not to let anyone see me compare them. The CC decoders
> are too big to fit inside a regular TV, yet the new TV's with
> the decoder/spy aparadus are the same size as the old ones. Only
> the government would be able to use miniature spy electronics to
> make them fit inside. This leaves us with two possibilities:
>
> 1) Innocent decoders built with high tech government electronics.
> 2) Decoder/spy aparadus built with same.
>
> I don't need to tell you which one sounds silly.
>
> Next, some have expressed doubt that the infrared eye on a tv
> could be used for spying on people. Yet we all know that it
> can see the remote control. A person is much bigger than a re-
> mote control. I found that I could turn my TV on and off with
> the remote control even when I went into another room. Apparently
> the eye can see through walls. This is stupid if all you're going
> to do is use the remote. Why would anyone watch TV from another
> room? It is ideal for spying because often people will not have TV's
> in their bedrooms or bathrooms. Thankfully, the eye was confused
> when the door was closed. I think that smoke detectors are also
> being used. Notice several things that the gov says:
>
> 1) Put the smoke detector next to bedrooms.
> 2) Test smoke detector and replace battery.
>
> My smoke detector has never gone off but the battery runs dead anyway.
> Where's the electricity going? Doesn't require an idiot to realize
> it must be going into the air (broadcasting). The government is
> concerned with people smoking.
>
> Also some people think that just because the gov. has survalence in
> every home this means they have to be looking at everyone simutaneously.
> This is dumb. People reassure themselves by saying "the government can't
> spy on everyone, therefore they won't spy on anyone." This is just denial.
>
> Why do you think the gov is pushing to have a fiber optic data highway?
>
> The only thing remaining is for the gov. to place survaylances and
> controls on our persons. Funny how we're getting mandatory government
> health care all of a sudden.
>
> WAKE UP. Don't try to comfort yourself by sending me an email, it
> will still happen even if you send email.
>
> Melvin M. Gladstone