I posted this because I have heard of these platforms from more 'reputable' sources, but without this level of detail on the contents.
This stuff is critical for us to know about on a go-forward basis, especially FR management and those who post a lot here.
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The temptation will be irresistible to use Social Network Analysis (SNA) to plan a “decapitation strike” against “enemy” political groups. Socialist regimes (National or International, read, Nazi or Communist), always ultimately have their “breakout” Bolshevik moment. SNA exploitation may tempt them into an early putsch attempt.
That's why I wrote the short fiction piece “What I saw at the coup.” That's what it's about: a “decapitation strike” using SNA.
“What I saw at the coup.”
http://westernrifleshooters.wordpress.com/2012/09/11/what-i-saw-at-the-coup/
I may be old fashioned about this in the practicality and trust sense, but I don’t think the CIA nor the NSA needs to fess up about such things with the understanding any activity is strictly for national security. Forcing the hand of these agencies will either make it a “legal” necessity permitting more of the same on a much larger scale, or an “illegal” impossibility subject to greater oversight and, therefore, much less needed intel.
What a waste...of time and money!
Am I safe on Match.com?
Not only do I think that FR is being monitored, I am pretty sure I was hit up on a private message by a fed posing as a “violent” TEA Partier after I posted a few of my more passionate anti-big government rants.
As if I’d be stupid enough to conspire something like that with someone I don’t know personally and on the internet...
Ok, Facebook is a public platform. If you go out into the street and tell something, you can’t get upset if other people hear it. Including law enforcement.
If you worked in law enforcement and investigations, you would use Facebook as a tool to help you, wouldn’t you? I’m only referring to public information that is disclosed, not private.
I guess it depends on what they mean by “monitoring”
But, if they mean they use it to say...track fugitives, then it’s not illegal and it’s smart in their part.
As far as FR posting, well, if your name isn’t connected, that makes the tracking a lot more difficult. But, even still, first amendment still applies. I could care less if the government sees what I have to say publicly.
My”theory” is that the gov WANTS us to know/think they monitor it all so we’ll “tamper down” any speech that doesn’t agree with them. It only makes me wanna shout louder.... Just a few thoughts. I could be totally wrong here since I didn’t bother to really read the article.
No social networking for me, not since the classification of conservatives as right wing terrorists. I used to post on FR all day long and in the early morning, now its possibly a few short neutral comments.
The internet has become a Venus fly trap for the out of control government, and too many people are addicted to it. Eawst Germany Secret Police actually had a warehouse of containers of individual peoples scent, taken from them should the police need to track them down, now the feds have an isp number or some other identifier and tracking cookie, frankly any day now I will just unplug the web because just being on it will be dangerous.
The dictatorship is getting desperate to stop the growing 2A rebellion of its progressive agenda, and the web will be the battlefield.
For any CIA trolls, up yours, you are not gods.