[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Stealth Hunter

Agreed, but most standard computers these days are built with trackers inside the case.

Some computers have program files deep within your computer's main files folder that are hidden and contain trackers that the government uses. It's somewhat like Ask.com. If I type in "terrorist" for instance, it notes it and sends it to the state government (whatever state you live in). They look it over, and it tells everything about your search (i.e. what websites you entered, what videos you may have looked at, etc.). They can choose to keep that record or throw it away (throwing it away if it really proves nothing and is just useless all the way around).

Telephones use the same system. Say something like "Osama Bin Laden" to your friend in, say, Denver, and it notes the conversation and sends it in to be looked at. They can pull up your address, your name, who you were calling, the time you were calling them at, etc. Very complex, but it works well (Nixon put it into effect in the 1970's under AT&T).

At this very moment, a signal has been sent to the Texas state department because I've included the words "terrorist" and "Osama Bin Laden". Once they receive it, they will read this entire post and pull up info on my IP address. They'll then probably examine the data and decide whether to keep a record of this post or to discard it. Scary stuff, eh?

Well, I described things like this three or four years ago in this forum, about the American elint bases in Greast Britain covering most of Europe regarding electrinic communications. People, especially conservatives, laughed only. Poor little Skybird was made mockery of for being concerned about triggering electronic tripwires. The debates of that time were very flamatory concenring the Iraq war in special, and Bush in general. I am absolutely sure that somebody took note of it all, and that there is a file about me and about several other board members as well. Technically this is possible since years - and it runs mostly fully automatic.