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

[Nick Wilsdon]

Paul wrote:
 
>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.


Although they have a lot of factual information agencies are surprisingly
thin on the ground when it comes to your viewpoints and political outlook
(i.e. how you think and where your loyalties are regarding certain issues).
They also need to research associations/friends. This is mostly done in real
life by surveillance, questioning friends/integrating into your social group
and email/phone tapping. Social apps can provide a lot of this information
very easily without this work needing to be done. 
 
Of course they don’t need to own Facebook or any other platform to do this.
They could always just ‘friend’ you to gain access and a lot of information
is public anyway. Owning the DB would make the job easier and more covert,
plus it would allow you to run your own scripts etc. For example, I want to
be told when User X (who is a member of radical Islamic Facebook group Y –
i.e. http://tinyurl.com/29ev83) adds a contact, especially when the new user
is in country Z.    
 
Best Regards,
 
Nick 
 
CEO
e3internet
http://www.e3internet.com 
 
P please consider the environment - do you really need to print this email?
 
 
 

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