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CNN's 'Information Warfare Expert' Duped by Twitter Bot Pushing Dubious MAGA Hat Teen Vid
pjmedia.com ^ | January 23, 2019 | By Patrick Poole

Posted on 01/24/2019 12:50:06 PM PST by Red Badger

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To: Red Badger

Looks like she and CNN would make great targets for one of the major libel suits soon to be launched on behalf of the libeled teenagers. Their school, its authorities, and the three KY bishops also must be included. Good case, likely to go to SCOTUS.


21 posted on 01/24/2019 1:25:07 PM PST by libstripper
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To: hudsonohio

You seemed to have caught she is “Incognito”. ;^}


22 posted on 01/24/2019 1:36:51 PM PST by GOYAKLA (Winning not whining!)
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To: Flick Lives

Absolutely. They can pin it down to the user’s local ISP connection and geographic area. And if there were ever any postings from a phone to that account they can track it back to the very tower it came from.

This is why I have to give Domain owners and webmasters a lot of credit for respecting privacy. They can all do this.


23 posted on 01/24/2019 1:37:39 PM PST by Openurmind
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To: Red Badger

Wag the wacist. Wag the hat. This is what the left calls debate.


24 posted on 01/24/2019 2:03:02 PM PST by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: chuckb87

They can track it down to the very device serial number. Google does it all the time as part of their Gmail security system.


25 posted on 01/24/2019 2:21:15 PM PST by Openurmind
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To: luv2ski

I do like how they’re outing themselves!


26 posted on 01/24/2019 3:19:59 PM PST by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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To: Red Badger
so BOTS can deceptively edit video now...
27 posted on 01/24/2019 4:05:27 PM PST by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: Red Badger

Is the account managed from a computer terminal in the Buzzfeed offices?


28 posted on 01/24/2019 5:19:36 PM PST by monkeyshine
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To: Red Badger

Warfare expert duped by robot? Story is bunk. They mean to tell us AI is so advanced it can edit video footage to give the political bias it so desires, and fool the ‘experts’?


29 posted on 01/24/2019 5:22:27 PM PST by monkeyshine
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To: Openurmind

Of course. Unless the user is careful to use the one terminal for basically that one task only, and hide it through VPN (and other means such as single-use OS jump drives) they can track it down using all sorts of metadata. Not only the ISP and IP address, but any cookies for email accounts or other social media... and if the owner was fool enough to send in a warranty card or even have bought the terminal using a credit card they can track the serial ID or the name on the warranty card or tech support account - assuming of course those were accessible (a company like Dell for example wouldn’t likely turn over customer info without an official government or other cooperative request).


30 posted on 01/24/2019 5:27:27 PM PST by monkeyshine
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To: Openurmind

VPN masks IP.


31 posted on 01/24/2019 5:35:08 PM PST by Rebelbase
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To: Rebelbase

But will it hide your MAC address and your device code?


32 posted on 01/24/2019 5:53:08 PM PST by Openurmind
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To: Openurmind

MAC address can be changed manually.


33 posted on 01/24/2019 7:05:48 PM PST by Rebelbase
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To: Red Badger

That’s a Big ‘un there! Why would she wear shoulder pads on TV?
Practice was over and the team was in the showers.
Oh? She doesn’t take showers?
I think I smell Molly MC KEWWWWWW!


34 posted on 01/24/2019 7:23:26 PM PST by BatGuano
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To: Red Badger
She wasn't 'DUPED'. It fit her worldview so she 'BELIEVED'................................

Yep - not unlike a lot of our very own concern trolls who jump at any chance to fret about President Trump's intentions.

35 posted on 01/25/2019 3:59:20 AM PST by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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To: monkeyshine

That’s not quite what a ‘bot’ is. Behind every ‘bot’ is a real person who writes the code to multiply itself....................


36 posted on 01/25/2019 6:17:43 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: monkeyshine

Wouldn’t surprise me...................


37 posted on 01/25/2019 6:19:09 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Chode

No, the bot’s programmer does...................Bots are not AI..................


38 posted on 01/25/2019 6:25:52 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Rebelbase

Yes it can. But connection aside, the question is can Twitter really claim they don’t know where the account came from. With registration requiring a confirmed email address it’s not that hard to get the traceable information from the owner of the email server. Outbound emails contain a lot of information.


39 posted on 01/25/2019 6:48:17 AM PST by Openurmind
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To: Red Badger

yeah i know, i was being sarcastic at the way the title made it sound like a bot could edit video


40 posted on 01/25/2019 3:27:35 PM PST by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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