Posted on 11/18/2015 5:03:53 PM PST by george76
The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) uses a 34-page manual to instruct its followers on how to stay invisible on the Internet.
The Arabic document was translated and released this week by analysts at the Combating Terrorism Center, an independent research group at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
It includes warnings to avoid Instagram because it is owned by Facebook, and Dropbox because former secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sits on its board of investors. Famous government leaker Edward Snowden has also criticized Dropbox over its privacy, the document notes.
Users are also directed to use Apple's encrypted FaceTime and iMessage features over regular unencrypted text and chat features.
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the center also revealed a 24-hour "help desk" that ISIS maintains to help potential jihadists encrypt their communications in order to evade authorities.
These discoveries have stoked the fears of law enforcement and some lawmakers that terrorists are increasingly hiding behind digital tools and leaving investigators blind to potential deadly plots.
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While unsurprising, documents showing that ISIS explicitly directs its followers to Apple's encrypted features are likely to intensify the already mounting pressure on Silicon Valley's major players to work with the government on decrypting data for investigators.
The tech community has long argued that unbreakable encryption is vital to ensuring digital rights and protecting personal information from hackers and government spies. Others have also argued that American tech firms would lose business to overseas companies if consumers knew the government had been ensured access to their data.
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Because of hackers do not use Google play store.
Touché
Aargh...that’s “too-shay” with the standard FR punctuation decoder ring / transmogrifier operating at max capacity.
They make their explosives with 3 home depot products and hydrogen peroxide. That brought down 450 people in Paris and the Russian Airliner with 243 people aboard. ( two pounds in a soft drink can in a suit case!!) Get these moslems OUT OF OUR COUNTRY!!NOW!!
FYI
Did you notice the earthquake putty around the bottom rim of the can? I think the can was stuck to part of the aircraft. 2 pounds? Can you get a soda can to weigh 2 pounds without using a heavy metal or sand inside?
It was strategically placed near the fuel tanks which easily blew. The tail landed 3 miles from the fuselage. Where is the black box read out? Where is audio in the cockpit? I want people to hear this so they can assess getting on a commercial aircraft with these killers in our country!!
If our leaders wanted to take the bastards out they would. They don’t want to.
Hey, if it’s translated into English, we can use it to “hide” from the regime!
Bookmark and file under "Obama's Conceit"
While unsurprising, documents showing that ISIS explicitly directs its followers to Apple's encrypted features are likely to intensify the already mounting pressure on Silicon Valley's major players to work with the government on decrypting data for investigators.
The tech community has long argued that unbreakable encryption is vital to ensuring digital rights and protecting personal information from hackers and government spies. Others have also argued that American tech firms would lose business to overseas companies if consumers knew the government had been ensured access to their data.
“While unsurprising, documents showing that ISIS explicitly directs its followers to Apple’s encrypted features are likely to intensify the already mounting pressure on Silicon Valley’s major players to work with the government on decrypting data for investigators.”
I have an idea to avoid the banning of encryption while making America even safer—stop all muslim immigration, seal the borders, and deport everyone named mohammed, abdul, ahmed, and mustafa.
Obviously the easy way to avoid these attacks is not to eves drop on conversations. The easy way to keep them out of other countries.
That was the very first thing I thought of!!!
The studies I've seen is that islamist Terrorists gravitate to Android phones because they can make apps to do what they want and load them easily on their devices. . . and they can buy cheap burner phones.
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