Full Disclosure: Re: IRC spying to increase

[Ali Campbell <fdisclosure () alicampbell org uk>]

> What the .gov is thinking of doing now is meant for extremely large 
networks
> like EfNet.
> I don't think Steve van singlehandedly monitor the whole of EfNet.

I agree that SG couldn't possibly monitor the whole of efnet, but he 
*did* have some automatic analysis going on:
(from grc.com)

"They snagged passing URLs and quickly downloaded anything that was 
referenced. I even got quite fancy and built a Markov-chain finite-state 
statistical dialog modeller. It monitored the flow of IRC channel 
nicknames and automated the process of determining who was talking to 
whom, and who were the "bosses" who commanded the most power and respect."
Ali

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