[Pops]

I can't remember where we were talking about privacy, policing, IT, et. cetera but this really needs it's own thread anyway.

Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '&')quot;In the last ten years, something else has happened. We now see mass surveillance, where computer systems of an entire country are infected by surveillance programs, where the entire phone calls of a nation can be and are recorded by a company.

"Previously, we had all thought, why would the government be interested in me, my brother? My business is not interesting; I am not a criminal. Now these companies sell to state intelligence agencies the ability to spy on the entire population at once and keep that information permanently. In five or six years' time, if your brother or someone becomes of interest to that company or the government, they can go back in time and look to see what you said or what you emailed."

[Newfie]

You would think we could get the Tea Party & OWS folks to agree to limit government involvement in such activities.

[Pretorian]

well it would be ridiculous to suggest that if possibility like this exists, it isn't used. If private companies like Google or facebook dig everything they can from you , what do you expect from your owners.

[EnergyUnlimited]

Sometimes collapse can be viewed as solution...

[Novus]

Quit your job and stop feeding the machine is the only way to win. Big Brother will fall under his own rot if we let it.

[MD]

Nothing much can be done about it now. Don't be an idiot, don't break any laws, and hope the fickle finger of analytic software doesn't falsely accuse you of something.

In the mean time enjoy the ride, or you could hunker down like John Malkovich's character in RED (great movie, btw).

[dolanbaker]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '
')http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne ... -joke.html
TWO pals were barred from entering the US after innocent tweets joking about "destroying America" were picked up by the country's anti-terror cops.
US special agents monitoring Twitter spotted Leigh Van Bryan's messages weeks before he left for a holiday in Los Angeles with pal Emily Bunting.

[AgentR11]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Novus', 'Q')uit your job and stop feeding the machine is the only way to win. Big Brother will fall under his own rot if we let it.

[SeaGypsy]

Does anyone know if the case to force Skype to release encryption codes was won? I believe such was instigated last year as the NSAs try to stitch up holes in their spyweb.

A friend of mine told me he can show me in a minute how to communicate without 'sending' any information. Took me to an internet cafe, switched off the camera, logged on anonymously, started a bogus email account, wrote something and saved it to drafts. Very tricky indeed , considering if the intended recipient has the name and password for the account they can reopen in drafts anywhere in the world. This is why currently the NSAs are trying to get laws to force an ID system connecting the meat sack to it's use of the web.

(I would consider merging the threads Pops/ the other is Death of the Internet as we know it/ a misnomer considering pursuit of a libel case does not warrant the title. I find it interesting that so much effort went into finding these criminal entrepreneurs and arresting them in New Zealand, considering the amount of industrial hardware espionage that has gone on the last 15 years in China without being pursued/ probably in the TRILLIONS of $.)

[Shaved Monkey]

This was attached to the article of the Uk guy who was kicked out:

The words deemed as being sensitive by the DHS include:
Illegal immigrant
Outbreak
Drill
Strain
Virus
Recovery
Deaths
Collapse
Human to animal
Trojan

More here

[SeaGypsy]

Unfortunately other idiots have been let into the country so many times this is kind of silly. But on the other hand, what an absolute moron.

[Cog]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Shaved Monkey', 'T')his was attached to the article of the Uk guy who was kicked out:
The words deemed as being sensitive by the DHS include:
Recovery
Collapse

[dolanbaker]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SeaGypsy', 'U')nfortunately other idiots have been let into the country so many times this is kind of silly. But on the other hand, what an absolute moron.

[SeaGypsy]

I'm glad to see that DHS takes improper use of the English Language as a matter of national security. Modern English in England is becoming a dangerously subversive code, when combined with textspeak and the many international slang additions, it's time these young whipper snappers were pulled into line. 12 hours with a bunch of mexicans in a box should teach this kid the value of proper use of the language

Edit to add: many countries reserve the right to blood test for drugs and charge an attempted entrant with being under the influence. Since something like marijuana can be detected months after consumption, anyone who imbibes in illegal substances should always mind their manners when dealing with foreign authorities. The internet is an international platform, national police have their own juristictional perogative. Which effectively means 'don't say anything on here you wouldn't say in an airport'.

[SeaGypsy]

Another aspect is the pecking order for information gleaned. For instance, The CIA and it's various specialist branches are the central controllers of the worldwide surveillance networks. They directly share information with certain 'partners' hosting the central processors, of which I believe there are about 3 fully active with another 4 in questionable operation, covering about 80% of internet traffic already. Interestingly the folks in charge don't pass on the same level of infraction to lesser partners. In SE Asia for example, seriously wanted criminals maintain facebook pages with piccies of them with their grandkids.

[Loki]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Shaved Monkey', 'T')he words deemed as being sensitive by the DHS include:

[SeaGypsy]

They say about 1% are sociopathic. About 1% of that is full blown psychopathic. About 99% of psychopaths are effectively dormant.
Finding the 1 in a million must be a hell of a job. When it's nearly 2 billion on facebook, there's 2000 Hitlers (sorry to bring IT up) on there!
I'm pretty sure you ain't one of them Loki!

[Novus]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Loki', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Shaved Monkey', 'T')he words deemed as being sensitive by the DHS include:

[Shaved Monkey]

Now the DHS knows the jig is up everyone with something to hide is on Start page

[Roy]

techworld
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')b]FBI developing social networking spy app; Application would crawl Twitter and Facebook By Antony Savvas | Computerworld UK, 27 January 2012

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is planning to develop an application that can track the public's postings to Facebook, Twitter and other social networks, in order to aid how it predicts and reacts to criminal behaviour, including public disorder and terrorism.

An FBI request for information document has been published, asking potential contractors to contact the bureau by February 10. The FBI wants respondents to the document to outline how they would build such a system and how much it would potentially cost.

The bureau said the system it wants must be able to automatically search "publicly available" material from Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites for keywords of interest. FBI agents would be alerted if the searches come up with evidence of "breaking events, incidents, and emerging threats".

Agents would have the ability to display any information on a map, and they could then add other layers of information, including past incidents and locations of important buildings like embassies and military installations.

The document notes that agents need to "locate bad actors and analyse their movements, vulnerabilities, limitations, and possible adverse actions".