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

[Dave Phelan]

On Jan 4, 2008 1:04 PM, Nick Wilsdon <n.wilsdon at e3internet.com> wrote:
> 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.

Traffic Analysis.
If the feds are watching you, they're watching who you phone, text,
email, spend money with, etc.
No need for all this James Bond infiltration...

BTW: I am not a fed.

Dave Ph

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