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    From Anne Frank@bounce.me@n2n.oc2mx.net to alt.privacy.anon-server on Mon Jun 15 15:28:19 2026
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    Couple years ago I 'discovered' that the NSA had decided to one-up microcancer and similarly archive but in their case EVERYTHING that made
    up internet traffic

    what is "to one-up microcancer" ?

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  • From bad sector@forgetski@_INVALID.net to alt.privacy.anon-server on Mon Jun 15 10:55:35 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.privacy.anon-server

    On 6/15/26 9:28 AM, Anne Frank wrote:
    Couple years ago I 'discovered' that the NSA had decided to one-up
    microcancer and similarly archive but in their case EVERYTHING that made
    up internet traffic

    what is "to one-up microcancer" ?
    -------------------------------------------

    To "one-up" someone means to gain an advantage by outperforming or
    outdoing them. It often involves casually trumping someone's story, achievement, or experience with a seemingly bigger or better one in an
    attempt to steal the conversational spotlight -------------------------------------------

    w95 was already archiving user info on an industrial scale AFAIK



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  • From Nomen Nescio@nobody@dizum.com to alt.politics.org.nsa, alt.politics.org.nsa.echelon, alt.privacy.anon-server on Thu Jun 18 10:25:38 2026
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    On 15 Jun 2026, bad sector <forgetski@_INVALID.net> posted some news:RPacnaqeY9P6j633nZ2dnZfqn_idnZ2d@giganews.com:

    On 6/15/26 9:28 AM, Anne Frank wrote:
    Couple years ago I 'discovered' that the NSA had decided to one-up
    microcancer and similarly archive but in their case EVERYTHING that
    made up internet traffic

    what is "to one-up microcancer" ?
    -------------------------------------------

    To "one-up" someone means to gain an advantage by outperforming or
    outdoing them. It often involves casually trumping someone's story, achievement, or experience with a seemingly bigger or better one in an attempt to steal the conversational spotlight -------------------------------------------

    w95 was already archiving user info on an industrial scale AFAIK

    Nope.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECHELON https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnivore_(software)

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