[BNM] Death to s/facebook/fedbook and the great CIA social data mining exercise

[paul perrin]

But does anyone really think the CIA (or FBI or MI5 or Al Quieda or Mossad
or whowerver) really need to own facebook (or anyother social network site)
to have access to all the info?

The worry about an individuals info is entirely missing the point, cos they
can get that anyway if they really want to.

The datamining is where the concern should be -- using vast amounts of data
to identify where to gently lean on public opinion just enough to get an
outcome that serves 'their' interests rather than 'ours' - however this
'weapon' only works when one side has an advantage over the other - make
data freely available and such attacks can be avoided - alternatively spoil
the data (plenty of mis-information) and the butterfly will have no chance
of flapping its wings in the right place.

Paul /)/+)

On 03/01/2008, iestyn lloyd <iestyn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Jan 3, 2008 1:17 PM, Pete Dowdell <bnm at stridebird.com> wrote:
>
> > andrew holway wrote:
> > > Sorry for the cross post but i think its important.
> > >
> > > Facebook is, as far as I can tell mostly owned by the CIA and the
> > > American government.
> >
> > This has been a fascinating thread.  Thanks.
> >
> > However, did I miss some crucial link?  What's with the tinhat CIA
> > theories?  Is there a story here I missed? Links please etc.
>
>
>
> http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=facebook+cia
>
>
>
> >
> > Or if you can't be bothered, why not just select a suitable ad hominem
> > attack in line with the new 2008 BNM posting guidelines ;)
>
>
>
> how about a patronising URL? :D
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