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What if you could generates messages with real meaning but are in fact spam? That way lot of people could maybe make a difference.

Btw not sure how/where they sniff traffic, but creating alter egos that are consistent -> also interesting concept. You goto jail because of multiple virtual personality disorder :-)

Or planting bots that are not just talking gibberish? Or creating predefined scenario and play it over time? Just to fuck them up?

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How would that help? If the NSA tracks a billion accouns, how is even a million fake ones going to make a difference? I'm pretty sure "spam" is not a new concept to them.

If they want to look up any real person, they'll still be able to find all their email/IM accounts. If you include a way for the recipient of an email to tell "fake" messages from real ones, then the NSA will be able to tell as well.

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