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ISIS guides followers on how to hide online with 34-page manual ( Islamic State )
The Hill ^ | 11/18/15 | Cory Bennett

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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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events; Syria; US: California; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: aliens; apple; dropbox; edwardsnowden; facebook; google; hackers; holywar; instagram; iraq; isil; isis; isisinternet; isismanual; isisonline; islam; islamicstate; jihad; jihadists; muslim; snowden; syria; terrorists
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1 posted on 11/18/2015 5:03:53 PM PST by george76
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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."

White House Switchboard:

(202) 456-1414
2 posted on 11/18/2015 5:05:24 PM PST by mkjessup (Trump & Cruz are the ONLY candidates to which we can trust America's security.)
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To: ShadowAce

Because of hackers do not use Google play store.


3 posted on 11/18/2015 5:07:10 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: Gaffer
*PING* to my post #2, I give you full credit for your original post the other day! ;)
4 posted on 11/18/2015 5:08:27 PM PST by mkjessup (Trump & Cruz are the ONLY candidates to which we can trust America's security.)
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Touché


5 posted on 11/18/2015 5:11:54 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)
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To: mkjessup

Aargh...that’s “too-shay” with the standard FR punctuation decoder ring / transmogrifier operating at max capacity.


6 posted on 11/18/2015 5:14:21 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)
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7 posted on 11/18/2015 5:14:25 PM PST by Libloather (Embrace the suck)
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To: mkjessup

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!!


8 posted on 11/18/2015 5:26:42 PM PST by WENDLE (Trump is not bought . He is no puppet.)
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To: LucyT; maggief; Jim Robinson; null and void; Nachum; 2ndDivisionVet; LS

FYI


9 posted on 11/18/2015 5:31:27 PM PST by hoosiermama
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To: WENDLE

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?


10 posted on 11/18/2015 5:35:20 PM PST by CivilWarBrewing
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To: CivilWarBrewing

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!!


11 posted on 11/18/2015 5:44:44 PM PST by WENDLE (Trump is not bought . He is no puppet.)
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If our leaders wanted to take the bastards out they would. They don’t want to.


12 posted on 11/18/2015 6:04:28 PM PST by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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13 posted on 11/18/2015 6:07:03 PM PST by dfwgator
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Hey, if it’s translated into English, we can use it to “hide” from the regime!


14 posted on 11/18/2015 6:16:56 PM PST by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: george76
Have no fear! Obama has ISIS contained. /s

Bookmark and file under "Obama's Conceit"

15 posted on 11/18/2015 6:19:23 PM PST by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: Swordmaker
FYI

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.

16 posted on 11/18/2015 6:21:39 PM PST by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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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.”

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.


17 posted on 11/18/2015 6:34:19 PM PST by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: george76

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.


18 posted on 11/18/2015 6:56:24 PM PST by Revel
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To: dfwgator

That was the very first thing I thought of!!!


19 posted on 11/18/2015 7:06:53 PM PST by themidnightskulker (And then the thread dies... peacefully, in it's sleep....)
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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.

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.

20 posted on 11/18/2015 7:14:45 PM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue....)
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