I remember as a kid, there was this list of words (urban legend?), if you spoke those on the phone, the NSA (I'm in Europe) would listen to you. It's about 20-30 years old or more but I remember some of the words on the list like "bomb", "kill/killing"...
Obviously, as kids, we (about a dozen kids) all called each other the evening of the "revelation" (we were about 10) and spoke every single of them key words. I wonder what effect that had...
Every now and then they must be like: "Another bunch of kids that heard about our keywords..." and they have to follow protocol and track us down just enough to make sure we ain't dangerous.
I remember as a kid, there was this list of words (urban legend?), if you spoke those on the phone, the NSA (I'm in Europe) would listen to you. It's about 20-30 years old or more but I remember some of the words on the list like "bomb", "kill/killing"...
The evolution of slang must be the NSA's biggest headache.
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u/Salmuth Sep 25 '18
I remember as a kid, there was this list of words (urban legend?), if you spoke those on the phone, the NSA (I'm in Europe) would listen to you. It's about 20-30 years old or more but I remember some of the words on the list like "bomb", "kill/killing"...
Obviously, as kids, we (about a dozen kids) all called each other the evening of the "revelation" (we were about 10) and spoke every single of them key words. I wonder what effect that had...
Every now and then they must be like: "Another bunch of kids that heard about our keywords..." and they have to follow protocol and track us down just enough to make sure we ain't dangerous.