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I'm guessing the NSA intercepts all unencrypted SMTP traffic and uses the From: and To: addresses to build up your 'address book'.

So here is what you do:

1. Set up two servers in two separate countries which you think the NSA will be intercepting traffic between.

2. Send random emails From: your@email.address and To: random@email.addresses between the servers - the receiving servers should not relay the messages, just drop the mail on the floor.

This should fill the NSA's 'address book' of your contacts with noise. They will have the valid data, but they will also have a bunch of garbage.

Just make sure you don't send fake email between yourself and any known terrorists, communists or people who dress funny as the NSA may start paying more attention to you.

I'm sure others can think of other interesting variations on the theme.


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